Gevrey-Chambertin 'XV', Domaine Henri Magnien, 2024
Gevrey-Chambertin 'XV', Domaine Henri Magnien, 2024
- 75cl
- 13%
- Red Still
- Pinot Noir
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Optimal drinking window: 2027 - 2040
"A unique, one-off blend of 15 lieux-dits. Soft, supple, and immediately appealing, with juicy red fruit and an easy, flowing charm, with a lovely line of acidity. A rare chance to taste a broad snapshot of Gevrey through one lens."
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. But the real curiosity is Gevrey-Chambertin XV – a one-off bottling born from reduced yields, blending fruit from 15 different lieux-dits into a remarkably coherent and charming whole. It’s not a style we’ll see again, and it comes highly recommended.
This is Magnien firing on all cylinders, with wines that reward both immediate enjoyment and long-term patience.
What the critics say:
"The 2024 Gevrey-Chambertin XV is a blend of fruit from the regular Village plus the Vieilles Vignes and Champerrier, titled "XV" since it comes from 15 parcels. This is very perfumed on the nose: pure red cherries and crushed strawberry fruit, light briar and crushed stone scents. The palate is very well balanced with a sensual, silky texture, just the right amount of acidity and superb tension and delineation on the Vosne-like finish. Lovely."
The fifteen parcels that make up 'XV' span a range of Gevrey's limestone-rich soils, from the heavier clay at the foot of the slope to the thinner, stonier ground higher up towards the Premier Cru belt. This variety within a single blend gives the wine both mid-palate weight and the mineral tension that defines the best Gevrey. The continental climate here means cold winters and warm summers, with the risk of frost in spring — a factor particularly relevant in 2024. Altitude and aspect vary across the parcels, which adds textural complexity to what might otherwise be a simpler village wine.
Gevrey-Chambertin is the northernmost of Burgundy's great Côte de Nuits villages, and its appellation covers a wide range of quality from straightforward village Pinot Noir up through nine Grands Crus including Le Chambertin itself. Village-level wines must be 100% Pinot Noir and come from the lower-lying land around the village, though the best producers — like Magnien here — draw from parcels close enough to the classified land to show real ambition. Compared to neighbouring Morey-Saint-Denis, Gevrey tends towards more structure and darker fruit; compared to Vosne-Romanée to the south, it is earthier, more iron-flecked, less obviously seductive.
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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