Winemaker Notes
2019 has kept the promise of quality of Burgundian vintages ending in 9. The beautiful maturities have provided ample and silky wines. They are charming and full of delicacy.
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
At once muscular and velvety, this is an impressive Nuits-Saint-Georges. Brimming with forest-berry character, which wraps around the fine tannins very nicely. Very good length and harmony at the finish. From biodynamically grown grapes. Drink or hold.
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Jasper Morris
40% whole bunch vinification. Very deep purple, a gorgeously heady nose, but certainly pretty ripe. Black cherry style with a fresher red fruit note behind, some power, good acidity, though the full personality of this wine is still to show through.
Barrel Sample: 90-93 -
Wine Spectator
Pure and velvety, revealing black cherry, blackberry, earth, mint and oak spice aromas and flavors. Feels like it's holding back a little, yet it's concentrated, structured and long, with fruit, spice and earth on the aftertaste. This has pedigree and potential. Best from 2024.
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Decanter
From a 0.37ha parcel in this premier cru, on the south-facing vineyards in southern Nuits. This is a wine with a bright raspberry fruit and a lovely, earthy edge. On the palate there are firm but not astringent tannins and a mildly rustic character. The fruit is fermented on native yeasts and the wine aged for two winters in cask (20% new).
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.