Nuits St Georges, Clos des Porrets, 1er Cru, 2021
Displaying a lovely purity of fruit on the nose, dark, red, ripe cherries with a lifting touch of cherry blossom. The palate has good depth, polished gripping tannins and a sense of sweet Nuit tea and earth on the finish. Suave and structured, this Gouges Monopole has produced a Nuits with a good deal of charm in 2021.
critic reviews
The 2021 Nuits Saint-Georges Clos des Porrets-Saint-Georges 1er Cru has a slightly reductive nose, yet it offers more mineralité and complexity compared to some of its peers. These aromatics will certainly need time, but it feels obdurate at the moment. The palate is medium-bodied with finely spiced tannins. I appreciate the balance and symmetry here, especially towards the nuanced, precise and quite tensile finish. It is a question of how the aromatics will develop, but I will give it the benefit of the doubt. Tasted blind at the Burgfest tasting.