Nuits-Saint-Georges Pinot Noir

The 2022 Nuits Saint-Georges Clos de l'Arlot 1er Cru also showed a little reduction on the nose with brambly red berry fruit and wild hedgerow touches of loam emerging with time. The oak 40% new is neatly integrated. The palate... Read More

Moderate reduction presently overshadows the fruit. Otherwise there is very good vibrancy to the slightly more refined flavors th

A very pungent nose is presently comprised by notes of mocha wood toast earth and a mix of very ripe red and dark berries. The sleek highly energetic and utterly delicious flavors brim with both minerality and sappy dry extract... Read More

Firm reduction dominates the fruit today. More interesting are the super-sleek and beautifully defined medium weight flavors that deliver even better length on the mildly austere and decidedly firm finale. Here too better depth... Read More

More moderate wood influence is present on the equally ripe yet cool aromas of various spice elements red Read More...

This possesses the most floral nose in the range with its wonderfully spicy even exotic red berry fruit aromas. The dense powerful and tautly muscular large-scaled flavors also brim with dry extract that helps to buffer the very... Read More

A perfumed spicy and elegant nose freely reveals its array of plum dark berries exotic tea violet and sandalwood wisps. The tension-filled and even more mineral-driven middleweight flavors possess a sleek mouthfeel that also suffuses... Read More

2022 is the first year of tressage trials just in this vineyard. Medium deep purple. Very elegant more perfumed than you expect from Chaumes. Changes the texture too more supple less alcohol. First year but gosh! What a change!... Read More

Discreet but not invisible wood sets off overtly floral-inflected aromas of essence of red currant spice and wet stone. There is even better mid-palate density to the tautly muscular intense and wonderfully vibrant bigger-bodied... Read More

Relatively firm reduction blocks everything but a floral wisp. Much more interesting are the dense serious and powerful larger-bodied flavors that possess a gorgeous texture thanks to the abundant dry extract that coats the palate... Read More

The 2012 Nuits-Saint-Georges Les Boudots is the richest and most immediate of the three Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Crus I tasted. The darkness of the vintage comes through in a huge Nuits that stands out for its opulent fruit and... Read More

"This too displays enough wood to mention but not so much as to fight with the more elegant if less spicy dark berry fruit earth and vaguely gamy aromas. This is notably rich with fine volume on the medium-bodied flavors that... Read More