2018 Nuits St Georges Les Proces
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The 2018 Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Les Procès (Domaine) is showing nicely in bottle, mingling aromas of sweet red berries and plums with hints of raw cocoa, smoke and sweet soil tones. Medium to full-bodied, supple and satiny, with a fleshy core of fruit, melting tannins and a long, heady finish, my only criticism focuses on a touch of back-end heat, so this would be best served on the cool side.
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Julia Harding MW, jancisrobinson.com
Neal Martin
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The 2018 Nuits Saint-Georges Les Procès 1er Cru has a well-defined bouquet of brambly red berry fruit, woodland scents and light pastille aromas that gain intensity with aeration. The palate is medium-bodied with crunchy tannins and fine acidity. A little rough around the edges at the moment, but there is fine backbone and a lovely seam of salinity toward the long and increasingly spicy finish. Very fine.
Cask sample. Mid crimson. A darker fruit profile than on the Beaune Grèves. More peppery, and smells darker and fresher and a little more stony. Bright and tight and juicy freshness on the palate, open and gentle but persistent. Finest of tannins. Very Nuits on the long, refined, dark finish. (JH)
About the producer
Joseph Drouhin is one of the largest and most famous producers in Burgundy, making both domaine and négociant wines. It remains family-owned and run, now in the hands of the fourth generation.