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Wine Description
The Story
Nuits village Here again, these are wines born from association between some parcels (about 1.70 hectares altogether) situated south of the village of Nuits, and one other, located at the top of the slope named "Jacquinot", ideally placed above the premiers crus. Of good constitution, these wines illustrate wonderfully the Nuits character, being both long-lived and strong.
Nuits premier Cru “Les Chaignots” Welcome to the only vineyard of the domain situated on the northern side of the Nuiton vineyard. With a surface area of a half-hectare, it is situated on alluvial soil. Its wines are highly original, and similar in style to the vosne-romanée. Indeed they display great finesse and an elegant beauty... What the professionals call "feminine traits".
Nuits premier Cru “Les Pruliers” The 1.8 hectares of this parcel have the benefit of an ideal location and exposure to the sun in the heart of the Nuiton vineyard. Both youthful (15 years), and mature (70 years for the oldest), these vineyards give body to wines with aromas of wild fruit, venison, heavily tinged with minerals.
Nuits premier Cru “Clos des Porrets Saint-Georges”. This Premier Cru - exclusive to the Gouges domain with its 3.5 hectare vineyard - perfectly expresses the full character of Nuitonne Côte wines and their alignment of vines hanging onto the sloping hills : very subtle wines, developing beautiful aromatic qualities.
Nuits premier Cru
“Les Vaucrains”
Little soil, but outcropping rocks, that is what most marks the character of this parcel of one hectare called the Vaucrains. Situated on a slope top, on calcareous or clay-calcareous soil, it gives wines that are structured at an early age, later developing smoked, truffle and woody aromas - this is called the "empyromatic" taste.
Nuits premier Cru
“Les Chênes Carteaux”
This parcel of the Chênes Coteaux was planted half a century ago. Superbly placed at the edge of some woods, at the top of a slope, where gravel and other small stones are plentiful, the vine will draw nourishment from deep in the earth and give to the wines a superb finesse, and great tenderness.
Nuits premier Cru
“Les Saint-Georges”
Balanced, powerful, long-lived, but also complexity, even distinction... The qualifications of fine wines magnificently illustrate the beauty of wines from this parcel, a very good clay-calcareous example of the slopes surrounding Nuits. This first cru unquestionably possesses the calibre of a fine wine.
Vintage 1983
Burgundy: A difficult vintage: hard, tannic red wines and rich, intense whites.
Warm weather only appeared at the end of May to initiate flowering, although it was still relatively cool. Summer started well until the second week of August when the rain arrived. This wet period continued until September, causing rot problems. The warm, sunny weather that returns in mid-September concentrates the grapes more, but is also very favorable to noble rot. The harvest began on September 22 in Côte de Beaune. Remarkably, some of Meursault's white grapes were affected by botrytis, and made a Vendange Tardive wine. The reds were quite tannic and harsh when young; Some have stayed that way, while others have become rounder over time. A vintage to approach selectively with caution.
