Winemaker Notes
This beautifull vineyard is situated right at the bottom of the famous 1er cru "Les Saint-Georges" on the south of Nuits Saint Georges. All the vinification and ageing operations are carried out with reference to the lunar calendar.
Professional Ratings
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2016 Nuits Saint Georges Les Longecourts has plenty of concentration on the nose with ample black cherry and raspberry coulis aromas, fine delineation with good mineralité, quite Vosne-Romanée in style. The palate is medium-bodied with fine structure, good acidity and black fruit on the finish. There are just 180 liters of this wine, actually raised in the small barrel used to vinify the 2013 Musigny. Good luck finding this.
Barrel Sample: 89-91
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.