Harvelets is one of six premier cru climats in Fixin, and its soil has more marl than the mostly homogenous brown limestone soils of the rest. Steen Öman writes that this is one of the better, if not indeed one of the best, Fixin Premier Crus he tasted.
Jeremy Recchione is a young negociant winemaker in Burgundy working with fruit from all over the region but his cellar is in Gevrey-Chambertin, the village where this wine is grown and raised. For most of his wines only a barrel or two is made every year. This Pinot Noir, from the Creux Brouillard vineyard, is deep and intoxicating with black fruit, spice, and gamey aromas.
The Hautes-Cotes de Nuits Pinot Noir from the village of Segrois is made in a lighter style, easier drinking at younger ages, and in the great vintages compares very well to more famous Burgundy villages.
