2012 Nuits-St Georges, Les Damodes, 1er Cru, Domaine de la Vougeraie, Burgundy

Description

This wine is made with 40-year-old vines from this vineyard at the top of the slope next to Vosne- Romanée. This wine was very late to finish its malolactic fermentation so the nose is not yet really in place. The palate is full of silky fruit, with plenty of energy and superb length. One or two black fruit notes. Really fine this year.
Jasper Morris MW, Burgundy Wine Director

This superb domaine grows in reputation and also in size: this year sees the first vintage of Nuits-St Georges, Clos de Thorey. Look out for even further additions in the next two years. Winemaker Pierre Vincent’s style is for lighter colours and very sensual wines and he has done a cracking job again in 2012; a vintage which supported the plentiful use of whole bunch fermentation. The domaine is certified organic and fully biodynamic.

Colour Red

Sweetness Dry

Vintage 2012

Maturity Ready - at best

Grape List Pinot Noir

Body Medium Bodied

Producer Domaine de la Vougeraie

About this wine

Pinot Noir

Pinot Noir is probably the most frustrating, and at times infuriating, wine grape in the world. However when it is successful, it can produce some of the most sublime wines known to man. This thin-skinned grape which grows in small, tight bunches performs well on well-drained, deepish limestone based subsoils as are found on Burgundy's Côte d'Or. Pinot Noir is more susceptible than other varieties to over cropping - concentration and varietal character disappear rapidly if yields are excessive and yields as little as 25hl/ha are the norm for some climats of the Côte d`Or.

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