2022 Berthaut-Gerbet
Echezeaux Grand Cru

96-98 points Jasper Morris InsideBurgundy.com november 2023

80% whole bunch vinification and no new wood. Mid crimson IN colour, absolutely beautiful on the nose, perhaps partly the whole bunch, beautifully floral, and very long. Keep coming back to this, so light on its feet and absolutely gorgeous. Drink from 2032-2040.

Readers should note that there will be a small reduction in Amélie Berthaut’s number of cuvées in 2022 as a couple of
contracts are returning to Charles van Canneyt for his new project – Domaine des Chezeaux. “It was not an easy season
because of the frost and hail one month afterward in Fixin,” Amélie Berthaut tells me. “So the vineyards were not looking
great. Then, there was a lot of disease pressure. We only picked two cases of the Fixin Hervelets! It was not that bad in the
end because it was a cooler vintage than 2018-2020, back to Burgundy Pinot Noir. That is good after very rich years. We
started the harvest on 20 September and picked for around ten days. We sorted out some fruit, so what we put into vats
was of good quality. It is very different from previous vintages. We never do a lot of pigeage, so there weren’t big changes
apart from less stem addition as we had adequate freshness, plus there was some botrytis.”