Domaine Berthaut Gerbet
Fixin 2022 en Combe Roy
Reviews
The Wine Advocate 90-92/100
he 2022 Fixin En Combe Roy derives from a small enclave planted with old vines just below Les Arvelets and Les Hervelets. Vinified with some 50% whole bunches, it wafts from the glass with notes of rose petals, spices, bergamot and sweet red berries. Medium to full-bodied, supple and fleshy, it's fragrant and melting, concluding with a saline finish. Amélie Berthaut has presided over this Fixin reference point for the better part of a decade now, uniting the vineyards of the Domaine Denis Berthaut on her father's side and Domaine François Gerbet on her mother’s. This enterprise now encompasses some 16 hectares, with Amélie's husband Nicolas Faure overseeing the vineyards. Soils are cultivated mechanically, and treatments are largely organic. In the winery, vinification incorporates increasing percentages of whole bunches, with less extraction and tannin than in yesteryear, emphasizing suavity and perfume. Back in 2019, I wrote that all the stars are aligned at this address, and that prophesy certainly appears to be coming true. Published: Jan 18, 2024
