Geantet crafts this dark-colored wine from 45 to 93-year old vines spread out over 17 parcels throughout the Gevrey commune. Harvested at a meager 16 hectoliters/hectare, this outstanding offering had a reticent nose. After some cajoling it reluctantly revealed scents of super-ripe blackberries and touches of leather. Loads of concentrated and dense (almost viscous) cassis, boysenberries, and blackberries can be found in this full-bodied, fat, and lively wine. Projected maturity: 2001-2007. Vincent Geantet, a young man who appears to be in his mid-thirties, produces seductive, supple, flavorful, and immensely pleasurable wines. His wines (out of bottle) are filled with exuberant and lush fruit and are seemingly ready to drink. They are aged in one-third new oak (from a multitude of sources) with a heavy reliance on first year barrels, and are neither fined nor filtered. Geantet informed me that all had been bottled on January 7 by an itinerant bottling truck. Importer: A Daniel Johnnes Selection, Jeroboam Imports, New York, NY; tel (212) 374-9415 and Kysela Pere et Fils, Fran Kysela, Winchester, VA; tel (540) 722-9228.