Winemaker Notes
Intense aromas of berry fruit and spices on the nose. Rich, tannic and well structured, this wine develops additional roundness after a few years in bottle.
Professional Ratings
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Wine Spectator
Inviting and approachable, this red offers black cherry flavors, with woodsy hints of truffle and earth. Velvety and lush, featuring a long, bright finish. Drink now through 2028.
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
COMMENTARY: I usually go for Cabernet Sauvignon. When I tasted the 2017 Bouchard Père & Fils Nuits-Saint-Georges, my palate went directly to a pairing with a well-marbled, grilled ribeye. TASTING NOTES: This wine is a beautiful prototype from its appellation. Its aromas and flavors of focused red and black fruit accented with sweet tannins make it irresistibly delicious. (Tasted: March 14, 2019, San Francisco, CA)
Thin-skinned, finicky and temperamental, Pinot Noir is also one of the most rewarding grapes to grow and remains a labor of love for some of the greatest vignerons in Burgundy. Fairly adaptable but highly reflective of the environment in which it is grown, Pinot Noir prefers a cool climate and requires low yields to achieve high quality. Outside of France, outstanding examples come from in Oregon, California and throughout specific locations in wine-producing world. Somm Secret—André Tchelistcheff, California’s most influential post-Prohibition winemaker decidedly stayed away from the grape, claiming “God made Cabernet. The Devil made Pinot Noir.”
Inhabiting the bottom end of the northern half of the Côte d’Or, Nuits-St-Georges is a busy, market-driven town and home to many of Burgundy’s negociants. It is also the largest town in the Côte d’Or after Beaune and contributes "nuits" to the name of Côte de Nuits (i.e., the northern half of the Côte d’Or).
The appellation itself is divided into two parts, where in the north it directly borders Vosne-Romanée, the southerly end is the commune of Prémeaux. There are no Grands Crus in this village, though it does have a large number of Premiers Crus.
The best Nuits-St-Georges Pinot Noir are layered with cherry, plum, underbrush and sandalwood. The fruit is sweet, the wine energetic, and the finish long and lush.