2014 Nuits St Georges Clos des Porrets Blanc

The 2014 Nuits Saint-Georges Clos des Porrets Saint-Georges 1er Cru bursts from the glass with vibrant Morello cherry and wild strawberry scents. I appreciate the oak integration in this young wine. The palate is medium-bodied with a taut line of acidity, harmonious and lively, albeit with a swift, rather abrupt finish that I am hoping will fill out with bottle age. Tasted at the Gouges retrospective at La Cabotte.

Tasted blind at the Burgfest 2014 tasting, the 2014 Nuits Saint Georges 1er Cru Clos des Porrets-Saint-Georges from Henri Gouges has a pretty and winsome bouquet with pure red cherry and wild strawberry fruit, elegant and stylish, the oak neatly integrated but giving the aromatics lift. The palate is medium-bodied with sappy red berry fruit, a fine line of acidity, very cohesive, but then…ugh…it just cuts away so swiftly that you are left feeling severely shortchanged by the absence of aftertaste. Maybe that will develop with bottle age? This was heading toward a much higher score until that. Tasted September 2017.

Light cherry red with a suggestion of vegetal undergrowth on the nose. Lively and refined. Cool impression with very refined tannins. Absolutely nothing like the rather stodgy, austere style of yesteryear. Not long term but very charming. (JR)