2015 Nuits St Georges 1er Cru
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The 2015 Nuits Saint-Georges Les Saint-Georges 1er Cru has a powerful, smudged, rather oppressive bouquet that lacks subtlety and seems to be dominated by the growing season (one of the few in this appellation to be so). The palate is medium-bodied with chewy tannin, a slight metallic taint and a short, rather abrupt finish that displays too much wood tannin. Agh... this was so impressive out of barrel, but this is perplexing. Tasted blind at the annual Burgfest tasting.
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Allen Meadows, Burghound
Neal Martin
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Bright, dark red. Captivating scents of raspberry, blackberry, dried flowers, violet and musky stone. Fat, plush and sweet but laid-back, conveying terrific saline depth and harmonious framing acidity to its dark berry and licorice flavors. Not nearly as open in the mouth as it is on the nose; in fact, this is a baby today. Finishes with serious, broad, fine-grained tannins and lovely lift for the vintage.
Cask sample. Crunchy, tight black fruit, sweet but with a savoury snap to finish. Chinese spice aromas. Malleable tannin, fragrant palate. (RH)