Very fine, fullish ruby red color.  Rich, concentrated nose: mostly black with some red fruit, all lightly cooked with a touch of game and exotic spice.  A succulent meat quality: think fatcap on the Christmas roast.  Fullish body, impressive weight.  Voluptous and old-viney on the palate, touches of cream and velvet: myrtille, blackberry rôti, fig pudding and a sauvage bilberry pie.  Firm filigree of acidity and ripe, well heeled tannin gives this wine superior grip.  Superb depth and character for a villages.  Our kind of fruit bomb: layered, luscious, opulent fruit that is also quite pure, nuanced and focused.  You don’t need quasi-academics like us to tell you this is lovely burgundy.  Exceedingly easy to grasp the quality here, both vines and winemaking.  This is in a great place right now; à point.  A fine bottle of Gevrey that far outperforms its category.  Now – 2018.