Nuits-Saint-Georges, Clos des Porrets, 1er Cru, 2022
A Gouges Monopole that offers up dark fruited freshness alongside floral notes. There’s really quite a lovely aromatic profile here, pretty even, which is not often a word used to describe wines from this part of the Cote. On the palate a more savoury, deep tannic network brings you back to Nuits; a stony core of tannins that builds across the palate, finishing with a gripping stoniness. Deceptive at first, but all Nuits at heart.
critic reviews
The 2022 Nuits Saint-Georges Clos des Porrets-Saint-Georges 1er Cru had been racked the previous week, but it was essentially the final wine I tasted as it was just about to be bottled. It has a stricter and more backward bouquet than the Chênes Carteaux: blackberry and wild strawberry fruit, the 20% new oak neatly folded in. The palate is medium-bodied with quite firm tannins, leaning more towards black fruit laced with tar and tobacco. Quite Morey-like towards the finish with impressive persistence. Give this two or three years in bottle to shave the edges. Very fine.