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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 2002
2002 VINTAGE in Burgundy
A Great Year
The trade is unanimous: the harvest was exceptional and 2002 is destined to be a great vintage for Burgundy. A dry summer, a sunny September, splendid grapes with highly concentrated sugars - everything came together to produce structured and complex wines with outstanding aromatic potential.
As early as the beginning of September, the sugar content in the grapes was often at exceptionally high levels and they had attained a degree of maturity indicative of a good balance between sugar and acidity in both the Chardonnay and the Pinot Noir, as well as in the Gamay and Aligoté.
Well-matured grapes have produced - on the evidence of early tastings - deeply-coloured red wines with a garnet tint, and with really well-structured tannins. Depending on degree of maturity, the wines evoke sustained aromas of red and black fruits. Thanks to yield control and careful harvesting, they present a wide diversity of expression.
The white wines are intense and heady, richly fragrant in their blend of fruit and mineral components. They are rounded, long in the mouth, balanced and harmonious.
Both reds and whites of the 2002 vintage fully express their respective terroirs and promise fine ageing potential.
As Hubert Camus, President of the Interprofession and himself a wine-grower at Gevrey-Chambertin, puts it: "In 2002, Burgundy's growers and négociants have every prospect of obtaining remarkable wines."
Growing conditions during the year were characterised by low rainfall. Maturation took place in warm and sunny weather punctuated by occasional rainstorms. These weather conditions aided concentration in the grapes and kept them healthy. The harvest period enjoyed an ideal combination of sunshine and cool temperatures.
