Nuits St Georges, Les St Georges, 1er Cru, 2010
More powerful still than the Vaucrains; bigger and bolder, packed to the rafters with ripe, voluminous fruit flavours of crème de mûre, red cherry, strawberry, kirsch, blueberry and griotte. Complex, long with tremendous vibrancy too; Nuits-St.-Georges does not come more complete than this. Les St. Georges is THE great vineyard of Nuits, many people believe it should be elevated to Grand Cru status.
critic reviews
Bright medium red. Lovely high-toned aromas of currant, dried flowers, stone, tobacco, leather and earth. Silky and concentrated, with terrific lift and noble rusticity to its rich, sharply delineated red fruit flavors. Really saturates the entire mouth without leaving any impression of weight. The tannins are completely enrobed by the wine's velvety texture. This impeccably balanced wine leaves the taste buds vibrating. Boasts the class and texture of a grand cru. I recently opened a bottle of the 1993 and the family resemblance was clear. But the 2010 boasts suaver tannins and greater refinement.