2013 Nuits St Georges Les Boudots
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Healthy deep red. Very pure aromas of crushed dark berries, minerals and bitter chocolate. Juicy, tight and penetrating, conveying terrific energy and cut to its flavors of dark berries, licorice and herbs. Quite backward today, even austere, but built to age. Jean-Nicolas Méo does not normally vinify with stems but he made this wine with 10% whole clusters.
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Neal Martin
Jancis Robinson MW
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Notably dark crimson. Attractively perfumed with lots of rich fruit and the tannins well hidden. Relatively charming for this producer. (JR)
(this wine had been racked in September, although Méo noted that it was not reduced this year, which is atypical for this cuvée ): Dark red with ruby tones. Sexy perfume of tangy red berries, red licorice, bitter chocolate and fresh herbs. Pungent cranberry and pomegranate flavors are nicely complemented by a note of chocolate. This dense, rather powerful, seriously structured wine conveys an impression of small-berry concentration, finishing with a lightly medicinal note of maraschino cherry. Méo has vinified this wine with 10% whole clusters since 2012 to give it more thrust. The wine's enticing sugar/acid balance and concentration should enable it to age slowly and gracefully.
The 2013 Nuits Saint Georges 1er Cru les Boudots had finished its malolactic in July and includes 20% whole bunch this year. It has a stony, blackberry leaf and bilberry-scented bouquet that is focused and linear. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannins on the entry, a gentle grip with a strict, very linear, almost foursquare finish deriving from the whole-bunch addition.