Nuits St Georges, Les Vaucrains, 1er Cru, 2020
Dark and dense as ever. A panoply of flavours, both savoury and fruit-orientated. Smoky, gravelly, bramble, mineral and earth with a background note of coffee bean, wrapped in binding, velvety tannins. Closed and tight-wound, though it clearly displays great complexity, drive and focus. A 2020 bursting with power and energy. Superb. 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.
critic reviews
The 2020 Nuits Saint-Georges Les Vaucrains 1er Cru has a ripe, pure, lifted bouquet with red cherries, blueberry and light violet scents. There's nicely integrated oak, though it doesn't quite deliver the clarity of Faiveley's Les Saint-Georges. The palate is medium-bodied with very supple tannins. It is a little low in acidity, quite fleshy and not complex per se, but it slips down the throat with ease…maybe too much ease! Tasted blind at the Burgfest tasting.
Aromas of cassis, woodsmoke, wild berries, loamy soil, orange rind and spices introduce the 2020 Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Les Vaucrains, a full-bodied, layered and velvety wine that's deep, concentrated and elegantly muscular, with lively acids and rich, powdery structuring tannins. As usual, it's built for the long haul.