2000 Domaine Frédéric Magnien Nuits-Saint-Georges Les Saint-Georges Vieilles Vignes 1er Cru

Intense dark fruit aromas burst forth from the glass of the 2000 Nuits-St.-Georges Les Saint-Georges Vieilles Vignes. Armed with outstanding depth, concentration, and breadth, this medium-bodied wine Conquers the palate with spiced blackberries. Big, bold, and masculine, it reveals the firmly structured backbone typical of its terroir. Anticipated maturity: 2006-2012. A young, dynamic, hard-working man, Magnien feels 2001 “is what we in Burgundy like to call a classic vintage, whatever that means, it certainly did not reach the physiological maturity levels of 1997, 1999, or 2000.” He added that it was a year of “good surprises, given the weather. With intelligent green harvesting to correct the maturation spread due to the extremely long flowering, it was possible to have very nice fruit. The great surprise came after the malo-lactic fermentations, when the wines put on lots of fat. Yields were the same as 2000. There were 13 new moons in both years. The old-timers say that 13 moon vintages always produce betteraves (literally beets, in Burgundian slang it means huge fruit clusters), and they’ve been proven right once again.” Importer: David Hinkle / Peter Vezan, North Berkeley Imports, Berkeley, CA; tel. (800) 266-6585