2018 Hautes-Cotes de Nuits Fontaine St Martin
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Tim Jackson MW, jancisrobinson.com
Neal Martin
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Strange note of cinder toffee here, though there’s a fair weight of black fruit. Quite rustic on the palate, with a bretty touch through the finish. (TJ)
The 2018 Bourgogne Hautes-Côtes de Nuits Rouge Fontaine St Martin comes from 35-year-old easterly-oriented vines matured entirely in one-year-old oak. It has an attractive, quite opulent bouquet of blueberry and raspberry preserve aromas; crushed violet petals emerge with time. The palate is medium-bodied with crisp tannins, the most balanced and precise among Gros’s Hautes-Côtes, leadning to a short but quite minerally finish. Recommended.
About the producer

The first vintage of Domaine Michel Gros – one of the many Gros family estates in Burgundy – was 1979. The property has several prized vineyards including its monopole Vosne-Romanée Premier Cru, Clos des Réas.