Alain Voegeli
Gevrey Chambertin (Village)
Gevrey-Chambertin
2019

The producer

Alain Voegeli took over the 2.5-hectare estate, in 1982, from his grandmother, Suzanne Servoz. This very small Gevrey estate produce only one wine, a village Gevrey-Chambertin, which is sourced from two plots, the 1.7 hectare Le Clos plot close to the centre of the village, and the 0.65 hectare Le Billard plot lying closer to the estate. The wine is traditional Gevrey in its pure-fruited expression with characteristic firm structure and good acidity.

The wine

Sourced from two small plots in Gevrey-Chambertin, the 1.7 hectare Le Clos plot close to the centre of the village, and the 0.65 hectare Le Billard plot lying closer to the estate, fruit for Voegeli’s village Gevrey is entirely destemmed and the wine aged in 20% new oak. The wine is traditional Gevrey in its pure-fruited expression with characteristic firm structure and good acidity.

We choose our wines based on a range of criteria (see how we choose our wines) of which critic scores is just one. Rather than simply highlight the best score to promote a wine, our average critic score is calculated from the scores provided by several respected wine critics, who we follow for specific regions. They do not represent all critic scores and, wherever possible, we try and give more weight to more recent reviews. Where appropriate we consider market-based scores like Global Wine Score or Wine Searcher Average scores.

As a rule, we look to offer wines that achieve a 92/100 average critic score or better and frankly a lot of very good wines simply don’t make the cut. As a high-end provider we want to reflect that positioning in the quality of wines we offer. Such wines are only a tiny fraction of those generally on offer in the market. We believe that an average score is a more conservative and representative approach, but it is still subjective and only offered as a guide to our customers, who will (and should) do their own research. We will add individual critic scores to our website in the future.