2015 Nuits St Georges Les Murgers des Cras VV

Cask sample. From three premier cru vineyards: 60% La Richemone (you can call it Boudots too, apparently), Les Murgers, and Cras. All in the north near Vosne. Seductive on the nose. Very rich and smooth and gorgeous. Neat and fine. Just what you want. Real length and class. Great peacock’s tail on the finish. VGV (JR)

(an assemblage of 60% Richemone normale , 20% Murgers and 20% Cras; as with his Chambolles, Perrot-Minot has eliminated the wine formerly labeled Nuits-Saint-Georges La Richemone Vieilles Vignes): Bright medium red. Slightly reduced raspberry and smoke aromas convey a touch of wildness. Then plush, silky and rich for village wine, displaying an almost candied quality along with some menthol reserve to its red fruit flavors. Finishing flavors of raspberry and spices mount slowly and linger well.

The 2015 Nuits St Georges Les Murgers des Cras actually contains 60% from Les Richemoines that until 2014 was bottled separately. It has an intense floral bouquet with red cherries, crushed strawberry, cassis and crushed violets that soar from the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannin, well-judged acidity, quite dense in the mouth but there is race and tension here. Very focused as it sashays to the finish, this is a stylish Nuits St Georges that should give drinking pleasure over 12-15 years, possibly more. Dec 206, www.robertparker.com