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This vineyard was historically blended into Leroux’s Gevrey villages, yet it has been so good for the last handful of vintages that Leroux was tempted to bottle it separately. Finally, he succumbed, bottling five barrels under their own label. Close to the Brochon borderline, En Champs sits high up on the slope, just beneath the 1er Cru Champeaux at the northern end of what is sometimes called the ‘Côte Saint-Jacques.’ Some followers of Domaine Denis Mortet will have had outstanding examples of this high-grown terroir in the past. The soils here are very stony with red clays, and the cooling winds and altitude moderate the climate. Leroux’s example is a deeper, more serious and more ferrous wine than his village bottlings. Yes, there’s depth, but also lovely, high-toned fruit, loads of spice, and very fine tannins on the finish. It fermented with 40% bunches.