2022 Vougeot, Les Cras, 1er Cru, Domaine de la Vougeraie, Burgundy

Colour Red

Sweetness Dry

Vintage 2022

Maturity Not ready

Grape List Pinot Noir

Body Full Bodied

Producer Domaine de la Vougeraie

Critics reviews

Allen Meadows 91-93/100

Firm reduction and oak toast are all that can be discerned at present. More interesting are the sleek, vibrant and moderately refined middleweight flavors that also flash plenty of minerality on the tautly muscular, linear and firmly austere finale. This is very good but the word Cistercian comes to mind so patience advised.Drink 2034+allen_meadows, burghound_com (January 2024)

Allen Meadows, Burghound.com (Jan 2024)

Neal Martin MW 91-93/100

The 2022 Vougeot Les Cras 1er Cru has an uncomplicated nose: black plum and briar, missing a bit of presence compared to some of the other cuvées. The palate is more promising, with a corpulent entry counterbalanced by a silver bead of acidity, quite strict, finishing with a touch of sour cherry. Quite peppery on the aftertaste. Worth seeking out. Drink 2026 - 2038Neil Martin, Vinous.com (November 2023)

Neal Martin MW, Vinous.com (Nov 2023)

Jasper Morris MW 91-94/100

A racily fresh purple, with a bouquet full of floral energy, as was the village Vougeot. Again, I could imagine whole bunches but there are none. Perhaps what I am tasting is the effect of retaining whole berries from the top-end destemmer which they now use, suggests Sylvie. A saline finish alongside abundant red fruit.Drink 2030 - 2037Jasper Morris MW, insideburgundy_com (November 2023)

Jasper Morris MW, InsideBurgundy.com (Nov 2023)

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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