2018 Nuits St Georges Les Vaucrains
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The 2018 Nuits Saint-Georges Les Vaucrains 1er Cru has a well-defined nose with more Pinoté than Gouge's Les Saint-Georges: more red fruit here and greater terroir expression. Hints of gravel and tobacco percolate through with time. The palate is medium-bodied with fine-boned tannins, well-pitched acidity, taut and fresh with a lightly spiced, quite persistent finish. Clever winemaking here - this is a fine Nuits Saint-Georges that needs a couple of years to assimilate the oak. Tasted blind at the Burgfest 2018 red tasting.
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Tim Jackson MW, jancisrobinson.com
Neal Martin
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Bramble with a touch of violet, this has brisk acidity, dense blackberry and smoky, flinty minerality. Firmly structured and long. Just a hint of bitterness at the finish though. (TJ)
A brooding, ripe and almost mute nose only grudgingly offers up its aromas of various dark berries, earth and sauvage wisps. There is exceptionally good richness and volume to the full-bodied, mouthcoating and powerful broad-shouldered flavors that deliver excellent length on the mildly warm and markedly firm finish. This robust and imposing effort should benefit from extended cellaring.