Visit to Domaine Nicolas Faure – Tasting the 2023s from Cask

It has been 8 years since I first visited Domaine Nicolas Faure in Meuilley. Time flies by at incredible speed. While I loved every vintage from this domaine, global warming is taking its toe here with increased ripeness and generosity of fruit.

Nicolas Faure’s wines are still, for me, perfect examples of vins d’émotion. They are not perfect wines, they are not technical wines, but they are wines of joy and pleasure, made for hedonistic indulgence with friends (good friends).

They are also, sadly, difficult come by and getting costly on the filthy grey market. I really should gatekeep these wines, enjoy and drink the few bottles I can get !

It’s essential to remember to enjoy and let the passion flow – preferably in big stems!

Background on Domaine Nicolas Faure

As you know, I have covered the history of this estate and earlier vintages in previous articles:

• Visit to Domaine Nicolas Faure – mesmerizing wines
• Visit to Domaine Nicolas Faure, tasting the 2016s from cask
• Visit to Domaine Nicolas Faure, tasting the 2017s from cask
• Visit to Domaine Nicolas Faure, tasting the 2018s from cask
• Visit to Domaine Nicolas Faure, tasting the 2019s from cask
• Visit to Domaine Nicolas Faure – tasting the 2020s from cask
• Visit to Domaine Nicolas Faure – tasting the 2021s from cask
• Visit to Domaine Nicolas Faure – tasting the 2022s from cask

Domaine Nicolas Faure’s 2023s

These wines are all about hedonistic enjoyment, and the 2023s somehow have more energy and structural balance than the 2022s … as is often the case. The phenolics are not as uniformly ripe as the 2022s this gives the 2023 more tension.

Low-sulphured 100% whole-cluster wines seem to be quite expressive and generous when young … lots of ripe fruit dominating, hence, a bit over the top in the beginning. But looking at the 2015 Nicolas Faure Herbues now, we can see a much more balanced and complex expression. The opulence is gone and the complexity has returned … I really like the 2015s now.

The Nicolas Faure cuvées are not wines for 30 or even 20 years of ageing. I would say 10 to 15 in the big years … and even less for the smaller reds.

Let’s taste some 2023s – wines tasted July 29th 2024.

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Tasting Notes for this producer

• Nicolas Faure Bourgogne Aligoté La Corvee de Bully 2014 March 11, 2022
• Domaine de Cassiopée Aligoté En Gerlieus 2020 March 10, 2022
• Nicolas Faure Nuits-Saint-Georges Les Herbues 2017 February 21, 2022
• Domaine Nicolas Faure Bourgogne Aligote La Corvees de Bully 2017 February 19, 2019
• Domaine Nicolas Faure, Nuits-Saint-Georges Les Herbues 2016 November 23, 2018
• Domaine Nicolas Faure Bourgogne Aligote La Corvees de Bully 2014 June 21, 2017
• Domaine Nicolas Faure Nuits-Saint-Georges Les Herbues 2015 June 21, 2017
• Domaine Nicolas Faure, Bourgogne Aux Argillieres 2014 October 11, 2016
• Domaine Nicolas Faure Nuits-Saint-Georges Les Herbues 2014 October 11, 2016
• Domaine Nicolas Faure Aloxe-Corton 2015 July 31, 2016
• Domaine Nicolas Faure Bourgogne Aux Argillieres 2015 July 31, 2016
• Domaine Nicolas Faure Coteaux Bourguignons Mes Gamay 2015 July 31, 2016
• Domaine Nicolas Faure Nuits-Saint-Georges Les Herbues 2015 July 31, 2016
• Domaine Nicolas Faure Nuits-Saint-Georges Les Herbues 2014 July 31, 2016
• Domaine Nicolas Faure Nuits-Saint-Georges Les Herbues 2012 July 31, 2016
• Domaine Nicolas Faure Bourgogne Aligote La Corvees de Bully 2014 July 31, 2016
• Domaine Nicolas Faure Bourgogne Aligote La Corvees de Bully 2015 July 30, 2016
• Domaine Nicolas Faure, Bourgogne Aux Argillieres 2014 June 23, 2016

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