2020 Nuits St Georges Les Chaignots
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The 2020 Nuits Saint-Georges 1er Cru has a more opulent bouquet with touches of cassis and brambly red fruit, violet petals and vanilla. There is just a patina of new oak to be subsumed. Just a bit too much? The palate is medium-bodied with succulent tannins and a crucial line of acidity that maintains freshness. It is pretty plush on the finish, yet there is adequate backbone, and it delivers a spicy finish that lingers in the mouth. Very fine. Tasted blind at the Burgfest tasting.
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Neal Martin
Neal Martin
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Tasted in bottle, the 2020 Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Les Chaignots is another success, offering up aromas of cassis and other dark berries mingled with notions of rose petals, spices and forest floor. Medium to full-bodied, supple and layered, it's seamless and enveloping, with a bright spine of acidity and a long, saline finish. While it's deceptively open out of the gates, given its concentration and freshness, I suspect it may shut down in the near future.
The 2020 Nuits Saint-Georges Les Chaignots 1er Cru suffered quite a lot during the summer according to Christine because of the dryness. Nevertheless, it has an exquisite bouquet with beautifully defined, minerally red fruit that seems to blossom in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with pliant tannins, an almost citric bead of acidity with a lively and sustained finish. Wonderful.