2001 Nuits St Georges Les Vaucrains
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Deep red. High-pitched aromas of cassis, blackberry, violet and bitter chocolate; much blacker in character than the Porrets Saint-Georges and Nuits villages Rich, dense and sweet; impressively large-scaled for the vintage but with delicacy and definition. Intriguing notes of mint and chocolate. Seriously structured wine with excellent verve. The rather suave tannins reach the front teeth.
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Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
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Bright ruby-red. Cassis, violet, bitter chocolate and espresso on the vibrant nose. Silky, dense and voluminous but also lively despite being rather closed today. Very concentrated and perfumed in the middle. A rather delicate, nicely delineated version of Vaucrains, finishing with suave tannins. Gouges says the yield here was barely 33 hectoliters per hectare.