Hautes-Côtes de Nuits, Rouge, Aux Chaumes, 2022
A more supple, polished and finer offering than the Bourgogne, yet there remains plenty of suave fruit and a genuine sense of weight and presence for a ‘mere’ Hautes Côtes. A lively fresh, mineral finish rounds things off beautifully. Planted on the plateau on poor limestone soils. The vines are planted north to south.
critic reviews
The 2022 Bourgogne Hautes Côtes de Nuits Aux Chaumes has an open and quite earthy bouquet with ample brambly red berry fruit tinged with brown spices. The palate is medium-bodied with a ferrous entry, grainy tannins and quite peppery with a slightly savoury finish. Ready to drink now but it will continue to give drinking pleasure for three or four years.
The 2022 Bourgogne Hautes-Cotes de Nuits Aux Chaumes exhibits notes of plums, orange zest and red berries, followed by a medium-bodied, tangy palate that's finer-boned and more delicate than its generic counterpart. Given that the soils here are quite rich in clay, I would be surprised to see it take on a little more weight in a year's time.