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The 2014 Nuits-Saint-Georges Les Herbues is in my view a big step up in quality from the 2012 vintage. The improvement is most likely due to both two more years of viticultural work and better wine making facilities in the current cellar in Meuilly. The nose offer a symphony of red and darker forest …
[Read more...] about Domaine Nicolas Faure Nuits-Saint-Georges Les Herbues 2014
The 2012 Nuits-Saint-Georges Les Herbues is forward and quite floral. The nose offer sweet red fruits enriched by some darker forest berries .. its transparent and organic styled. On the palate lovely verve and nerve .. its transparent and quite lightfooted for the vintage but with good intensity. …
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There are a lot of interesting terroirs in the Vosne-Romanee appellation itself and in the twilight zone between Nuits-Saint-Georges and Vosne-Romanee. This area is somewhat overlooked, but as the new generations of vignerons take on these terroirs, there are very fine wines to find from these …
[Read more...] about Twilight Zone – Nuits-Saint-Georges Au Bas de Combe
The Nuits-Saint-Georges Les Chaignot - a 1er cru located between Damodes and Aux Thorey and above Aux Murgers and Vignerondes - in the area between Vosne-Romanee and Nuits-Saint-Georges. The nose here is more expressive with a lovely collection of red and dark berry fruit spiced with a nice …
[Read more...] about Domaine Mugneret-Gibourg, Nuits-Saint-Georges Les Chaignot 2015
The Nuits-Saint-Georges Aux Saint-Jacques village from Domaine Odoul-Coquard is a lovely wine. It comes from a vineyard located close to the border to Vosne-Romanee - and this translate into a quite refined and complex wine. This area above the road and near Vosne-Romanee is a bit overlooked in my …
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