2015 Nuits St Georges Clos de Forets St Georges

Quite a deep crimson still. Intense. Elderberry and redcurrant fruit on the nose. Quite assertive and muscular with sandpaper tannin still in evidence. Lots of potential here but I wouldn’t drink it for a while. (JR)

The 2015 Nuits Saint-Georges Clos des Fôrets Saint Georges 1er Cru is showing some reduction on the nose, although there is lovely pure red fruit tucked in just beneath. The palate is well balanced with crisp acidity, though nothing overly complex, and slightly grainy in texture, offering bright black fruit laced with a slight herbal note on the finish. Readers should note that this dramatically improves in the glass as the reduction ebbs away. Tasted blind at the annual Burgfest tasting.

(52% vendange entier ): Bright dark red. Deeply pitched aromas of smoke and soil; showing less fruit and more torrefaction today than the Suchots or Clos de l'Arlot. Then juicy, lively and youthfully tight, with a firm spine of acidity and tannins and a note of violet giving this very concentrated wine a penetrating character. Perhaps a bit less tangy and pungent than the Suchots or Clos de l'Arlot but this rather large-scaled wine boasts plenty of backbone and excellent length.