Harmand Geoffroy 09 Gevrey Chambertin

“Gerard is one of Gevrey’s stars, producing a splendid range of wines…The Harmand’s touch is clearly masterly. Their wines are all too attractive young, but age well. A fine, confident domaine.” Remington Norman and Charles Taylor MW, The great Domaine of Burgundy.

“Gérard Harmand, and his son Philippe, run this 9 ha domaine (that owns the rarely seen monopole of La Bossière) where a great deal of progress has been made in the last few years since my last visit. As Gérard explained, this father-son team are trying to make wines with more elegance and finesse…I agree completely with Harmand's assertion that they're now making wines that are better balanced and less overtly rustic than in the past…” Allen Meadows, Burghound.com, Issue 29.  

“For those readers who are not familiar with the Harmand-Geoffroy wines, they are understated fruit-forward wines but with fine purity of expression and limited to moderate oak” Allen Meadows, Burghound.com, Issue 41. 

Are there any bargains left in the Côte d’Or? I suppose that depends on how you define a bargain. What cannot be disputed is that many, many producers have lifted their game enormously over the last decade and are today producing superb wines at far better prices than the ‘big boys’. Harmand-Geoffroy falls in to this category. We have followed this Domaine closely in recent years after a good contact told us that they had made a number of changes in the cellars (they have always worked well in the vineyards) and that the wines were now infinitely better than they were before, with very little upward movement in pricing. The quality has yet again taken another leap forward in 2009 and the prices have again remained stable. When you taste the wines from 2009 and compare their prices with... learn more