2015 Nuits St Georges Les St Georges
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The 2015 Nuits Saint-Georges Les Saint-Georges 1er Cru has a rounded, generous, warm bouquet of red summer fruit, figs and touches of undergrowth. The palate is bold and voluminous, displaying moderate acidity but perhaps not as much tension as the 2014. The finish is clean and pure, but not engaging. It satisfies the senses more than intellect – “a bit of a tart," you might say, but a nice tart at that. Given the Premier Cru, I wager that it will discover more nobility with 10 years in bottle. Tasted blind at the annual Burgfest tasting.
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Allen Meadows, Burghound
Neal Martin
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The 2015 Nuits Saint Georges 1er Cru Les Saint Georges took three or four minutes to unfold...but what a bouquet! Copious black cherry, cranberry jus, pomegranate and bergamot scents all infused with stupendous mineralité. The palate is medium-bodied with saturated tannin, plenty of blood orange infusing the red and black fruit, a keen line of acidity and a gentle grip towards the finish. It constitutes one of the best vintages that I have tasted in recent years. It should be considered a "stunning victory" for the 2015 vintage, but without wishing to sound like a broken record, please cellar this for 5-7 years for it to attain its drinking plateau.
Healthy dark red with ruby highlights; the darkest wine of this 2015 collection. Very pure, vibrant aromas of dark raspberry, licorice, violet and minerals. Then fat, broad, dry and deep on the palate, conveying a refined texture and an enticing combination of sweet, almost chocolatey fruit and saline minerality. Less expressive today than the Vaucrains but this very pure wine boasts subtle soil tones and serious incipient complexity. Finishes with substantial broad, fine-grained tannins and terrific subtle length. Only time will tell if this wine will surpass the Vaucrains.