2012 NSG 1er Cru 'Les Vaucrains' 0,75l Domaine Henri Gouges
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Tasted blind at the annual "Burgfest" tasting in Beaune. The 2012 Nuits St Georges 1er Cru les Vaucrains has a fragrant bouquet with ebullient red cherry and wild strawberry fruit that is very well defined and shows prudent use of new oak. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin, a gentle grip here with superb balance. Again, the oak is tangible but simpatico with the fruit profile (blackcurrant and damson) with a healthy dash of white pepper sprinkled over the finish. This is one of the best wines from Gouges in 2012 - excellent!
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Allen Meadows, Burghound
Neal Martin
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(13% natural alcohol, with the yield just over 20 hectoliters per hectare): Medium red, a bit less saturated than the Les Saint-Georges. Sexy, very ripe nose offers scents of redcurrant, strawberry, raspberry, mocha, porcini, spices and earth. Boasts excellent sucrosité and early appeal, offering highly concentrated flavors of raspberry, strawberry and mocha. Tannins are ripe, powerful and suave. This almost confectionery wine is much easier to taste today than the Saint-Georges but has the stuffing for a long and graceful evolution in bottle. But it will surely go through a sullen stage in bottle at some point in the near future.
Deep cherry red. Rich, spicy and red fruited on the nose. Ripe cherry and vanilla. Not a great deal of weight in the middle, tannins fine and dry, overall fresh and lively in a slighter style. (JH)
Good deep, bright red. Very ripe, expressive aromas of black raspberry, spices, iron, flowers, leather and earth, with a suggestion of chocolatey ripeness. Large-scaled, full and rich, showing lovely sucrosite and volume without excess weight. The rich tannins are totally enrobed by velvety fruit. Finishes long and firm, with savory and sweet spices. The crop level here was just 22 hectoliters per hectare, according to Gregory Gouges.