Notes from North Berkeley Imports:

"The key to discovering the extraordinary diversity of Gevrey-Chambertin is found in the cellars of Domaine Livera. The family’s ancient, ice-cold cellar (in which wine barrels share space with homemade saucisson) and the faded pictures of family members in the vineyards over the ancient hearth give you a sense of just how connected the Liveras are with the rugged beauty and generations-deep traditions of Gevrey. Today Damien Livera is at the helm, the fourth generation of Livera winemakers in Gevrey. Crafting some of the region’s more terroir-true, supple and elegant wines, Damien has quickly established himself as one of the top young winemakers in the Côte de Nuits."

The estate’s few rows run the length (east-west) of this grand cru vineyard, in lieu-dit ‘Les Gemeaux.’ Vines were planted in the 1950s. Soils are very rocky, with little topsoil; the “mother rock” of limestone is not far from the surface. AGE OF VINES: 60 years, on average in 1999."