Nuits St Georges, Les Vaucrains, 1er Cru, 2014

A vineyard of great character that dominates even the strongest of vintage characteristics. In a year such as 2014, where the wines are so open full of fruit and silky textures, the Vaucrains is wonderfully, resolutely, dark brooding and opaque. Deep flavours of black cherry, bramble, loganberry and undergrowth with a strong mineral component. A top notch Nuits built to age. One of the great vineyards of Nuits that often rivals Les St Georges, above which it sits directly, albeit in a more brooding and muscular style.