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Nuits St Georges Chaignots 1er Cru 2015

Nuits St Georges / Gouges, Henri

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Tasting Notes

The 2015 Nuits Saint-Georges Les Chaignots 1er Cru feels a little compact and lacks the complexity and personality of some of its peers in a flight of northern Nuits Saint-Georges. The nose is tight and broody at the moment, although it does begin to unfurl with aeration. The palate is well balanced, with more sinew than its peers, but quite strict and linear and missing the peacock’s tail on what feels like a conservative finish. More impressive than charming at the moment, though we’ll see what happens in a few years’ time. Tasted blind at the annual Burgfest tasting.

Score: 90

Neal Martin, Vinous.com Maturity: 2023-2040 01 November 2018

The 2015 Nuits Saint Georges 1er Cru Les Chaignots has a generous, lively bouquet with dark cherries, a hint of blackcurrant and cold stone - very defined with good fruité. The palate is medium-bodied with succulent ripe red cherry and cranberry fruit. It possesses an agreeable sense of reserve towards the second half: more structured with grainy tannins and a chalkiness lingering on the aftertaste. Mugneret-Gibourg aside, Les Chaignots does get better than this. This is an outstanding effort.

Score: 92 - 94

Neal Martin, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 2019-2032 30 December 2016

Mild reduction doesn't completely mask the clearly ripe dark berry fruit liqueur-like aromas that are laced with earth and spice elements. There is good energy to the precise and sleek middle weight flavors that possess lovely depth on the dusty and firm but not rustic finale.

Score: 90 - 92

Allen Meadows, Burghound Maturity: 2023+ 15 January 2017

Healthy medium red. Spicier on the nose than the basic village offering, conveying scents of red fruits, earth, chocolate and dried flowers. Lovely spicy, saline wine with red and darker fruit flavors framed by harmonious acidity. Slightly rustic in a Nuits way but with noteworthy concentration. Distinctly more tannic and structured than the village offering.

Score: 90 - 92

Stephen Tanzer, Vinous.com 01 January 2017