2017 Nuits St Georges Les Chaignots
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100% whole bunch. These are old vines but they don’t put Vieilles Vignes on the label for the premiers crus, only for the village wines. From 2018 they will give the date of planting on the label. In tank. Mid to deep cherry red. Intense and seductive dark-red fruits, smells rich and intense and there’s an attractive peppery note. Lovely roundness on the palate, the fruit exploding inside the structure of fine tannins and freshness. And that elegant peppery note adding complexity. (JH)
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Julia Harding MW, jancisrobinson.com
About the producer
Nicolas Potel is one of Burgundy’s most fascinating and talented winemakers. Burgundy born and bred, son of the legendary Gérard Potel (of Domaine de la Pousse d’Or), he sold his eponymous label and today makes wine from his own vineyards under Domaine de Bellene.