Gevrey-Chambertin Premier Cru 'Cazetiers', Domaine Henri Magnien, 2024
Gevrey-Chambertin Premier Cru 'Cazetiers', Domaine Henri Magnien, 2024
- 75cl
- 13%
- Red Still
- Pinot Noir
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Optimal drinking window: 2029 - 2042
"A vibrant mix of red and black fruits, lifted by zesty acidity. Chalky minerality emerges clearly on the finish, giving both freshness and drive. Classic Cazetiers energy."
Stewart Pryce, Honest Grapes Wine Club Manager
Domaine Henri Magnien continues to prove why Charles Magnien is firmly established as one of Gevrey-Chambertin’s rising stars. The 2024 vintage is a clear success here, with exceptional definition between cuvées and a masterclass in terroir expression.
The classics shine as ever: Cazetiers and Lavaux St-Jacques deliver depth, structure, and serious ageing potential, while Estournelles St-Jacques offers a more lifted, elegant expression. This is Magnien firing on all cylinders, with wines that reward both immediate enjoyment and long-term patience.
Les Cazetiers is one of Gevrey-Chambertin's most consistently exciting premiers crus — a south-east-facing strip of limestone and clay that sits just below the grand cru belt and regularly punches above its rank.
What the critics say:
"Bottled a year ago. Fresh purple. The nose is a little reticent but the fruit on the palate bounds out, without showing the heat of the year. All in red fruit, very juicy, cherry and raspberry with the mineral character of Cazetiers at the finish. Perfumed fruit returns behind. *4/5*"
"Here too moderate wood influence is present on the equally sauvage-inflected nose of red and dark berries, forest floor and a broader array of spice nuances. The richer and more concentrated flavors also display excellent power on the sappy, youthfully austere and equally structured finale that is just a bit more complex. Excellent potential. *Sweet spot* *Outstanding*"
Les Cazetiers sits in the upper-middle section of the Gevrey-Chambertin premier cru band, on a south-east-facing slope that benefits from good morning sun and natural drainage through its thin topsoil over Bathonian limestone. The soils here are a mix of brown calcareous clay and active limestone, giving wines a firmer skeletal structure and more mineral tension than the more flesh-driven premiers crus closer to the village. Altitude moderates ripeness, which in a warmer vintage keeps the wine fresh, and in a cooler one like 2024 lends it precision rather than severity.
Gevrey-Chambertin is the northernmost and largest of the great Côte de Nuits communes, home to eight grand crus including Chambertin itself and a sprawling collection of premiers crus of genuinely variable quality and character. At premier cru level, the best sites — Cazetiers, Clos Saint-Jacques, Lavaux Saint-Jacques — can rival grand crus from less celebrated communes in structure and longevity. The appellation rules are those of all red Burgundy: Pinot Noir only, with yields and alcohol governed by Burgundy's AOC framework. What separates Gevrey from its neighbours is a tendency toward power and grip alongside perfume — a combination that rewards patience more than most Côte de Nuits villages.
The 2024 growing season in Burgundy was, frankly, a test of nerve. A wet spring brought significant mildew pressure, and vignerons who stayed sharp in the vineyard — working fast, keeping canopies open, reducing yields where necessary — came out the other side with something worth talking about. Summer brought warmer, drier conditions that helped the fruit recover composure, and harvest arrived broadly on the later side, with growers picking carefully to find phenolic ripeness without sacrificing freshness. Quantity was down across much of the Côte, which concentrates minds as much as it concentrates wine.
What emerged is a vintage that rewards those who put the work in. The Pinots we have tasted carry real precision and translucency — not because they are light, but because the acidity is lively and the fruit unforced. Chardonnays from the Côte de Beaune look particularly promising: taut, mineral, with genuine length. This is not a vintage to panic-open. Most village and premier cru reds want three to five years at minimum, with the better appellations drinking well until 2035 and beyond. The whites are more approachable now, though the best will reward patience too.
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