2011 Nuits St Georges Les Boudots
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Tasted blind at the Burgundy 2011 horizontal tasting in Beaune. There is clearly some stem addition of Grivot’s Nuits Saint Georges 1er Cru Les Boudots 2011, the herbaceous element pronounced and rather dominating the sous-bois tinged black fruit. The palate is medium-bodied with slightly raw tannins. The acidity is sharp and lends this an angular and, at present, rather disjointed texture that attenuates toward the unapologetically lean finish. Maybe this will improve in bottle and it may be entering a sulky adolescent phase.
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Allen Meadows, Burghound
Neal Martin
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Bright red. Pungent red berries and minerals on the nose, lifted by a floral note and a hint of pepper. Silky and fine-grained but juicy too; more pliant and extroverted--less wound up--in the mid-palate than the Beaux Monts. Finishes tactile and saline, with noteworthy balance and length. This really spreads out and glistens on the aftertaste. Grivot describes 2011 as "a very precise vintage of charm." It was a normal growing season but with all key events occurring three weeks earlier than average. "The foliage was finished at the end of August and there was little to gain by waiting to harvest. You could get higher sugars through concentration but that also brought heaviness and a loss of freshness. It was an error to pick later."
Good bright medium red. Sexy aromas of dark raspberry, minerals and cumin; this was 12.5% potential alcohol chaptalized to 13% yet shows an intriguing coolness on the nose. A silky, sweet midweight with lovely intensity and inner-mouth perfume. Finishes classically dry, with firm, dusty tannins and lingering notes of black cherry, licorice and minerals.
An expressive nose combines both wood and natural spice elements that add considerable interest to the notably ripe nose cassis, plum and violets. There is excellent richness, size and weight to the very round and suave medium-bodied flavors that possess beautiful depth on the mouth coating finish where the abundant dry extract renders the supporting structure more pliant than it really is. Lovely potential here. Tasted: Jan 14, 2013. Drink: 2021+
About the producer
A benchmark name in Vosne-Romanée, Domaine Jean Grivot is one of Burgundy’s most respected estates. They have an impressive array of vineyards, including plots in Grand Cru Clos de Vougeot, Echezeaux and Richebourg.