NUITS-SAINT-GEORGES 2015
NUITS-SAINT-GEORGES 2015
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Varietal
Tasting notes
Nose: fruity bouquet redolent of cherry spiced up with cinnamon and cloves. With time, discreet notes of liquorice and tobacco will surface.
Mouth: powerful and long-lasting, but harmonious combining fruity flavours of raspberies and cherry with more powerful ones of spices and truffles (even fur with time). This full-bodied wine has powerful tannins, so it needs some ageing to fully reveal itself.
Food and wine pairing
Serving suggestions
Ageing potential
Origins
Known the whole world over, Nuits-Saint-Georges has the original profile of a genuine wine village, but on the scale of a small town. Half way between Dijon and Beaune, and with an eastern exposure, the vines of Nuits-Saint-Georges extend for 6 kilometres and cover 160 hectares of the village appellation.
The local variation in soils, exposure and location produce a great diversity of terroir. The area as a whole is bisected by the little Meuzin river and its valley, and by the village itself.
Vinification and maturing
Vintage : 2015
Springtime arrived quickly after quite a mild winter. Flowering occurred quite rapidly in early June followed by the onset of ripening in mid-July and the grape-harvest which commenced in early August for the most-advanced vineyards. Our Pinot Noirs unfortunately sometimes suffered from the excessive hot temperatures, which lead to “sunburns” and a fall in certain yields. This magnificent healthy environment and the full maturity of the grape-stalks led to minimal sorting requirements at the winery. There was a higher proportion of full-bunch red vinification with fermentation in vat lasting 3 weeks on average. Our red Burgundies, as they are ageing in barrel, show intense colour with complex aromas of fully-ripe red fruit and a soft-tannic, fleshy structure, well-rounded and full to the taste with good length.
2015 can already be considered as a great vintage with generous wines while young which will continue to gain in complexity as they mature.