Nuits-Saint-Georges, Les Pruliers, 1er Cru, 2020
A particularly concentrated, dense Pruliers that takes some time to unravel. Eventually revealing dark wild berry, liquorice and woody spices gripped by a solid but smooth, round structure. A parcel of 50-year-old vines close to Clos des Porrets that, like its neighbour, also produces classic mineral Nuits but with a touch more roundness. The soils are similar although in Pruliers the stone elements are a little more broken down.
critic reviews
The 2020 Nuits Saint-Georges Les Pruliers 1er Cru has just a touch of reduction on the nose, but clean black fruit is behind it. The palate is powerful and very ripe, with black fruit laced with black pepper. It is almost northern Rhône-like in style, with a punchy, tannic finish that thankfully loses some of the residual heat as it opens in the glass. Tasted blind at the Burgfest tasting.