NUITS-SAINT-GEORGES
PREMIER CRU 2022
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VARIETAL
Pinot Noir is the only grape used for Nuits-Saint-Georges Premier Cru.
- 10,000 plants/hectare.
- Pruning: Cordon de Royat or Guyot
- Harvested by hand.
- Yield: 40 hl/hectare.
- Aged for 14 months in French oak barrels, of which 30% are new casks.
TASTING NOTES
Intense ruby colour with purple reflections.
Bouquet of ripe red and black berries (blackcurrant-bilberries, cherries). Spicy (pepper) and delicately woody.
Velvet structure in the mouth, a well-balanced wine, powerful, fruity and spicy, delicately woody, very nice volume: a racy wine;
FOOD AND WINE PAIRING
Powerful and strongly built, its normal partners would be any meat that is at once full-flavoured and virile (roast lamb, rib steak, or breast of fattened duck), Feathered game, similarly, responds to the charm of the wild and animal aromas which the wine develops with age. Sophisticated diners will also serve it with certain fish dishes such as carp in red-wine sauce. Cheeses: soft creamed cheeses.
SERVING SUGGESTIONS
Serve ideally at 16-17°C. (60-62°F.).
AGEING POTENTIAL
Drink now or keep in the cellar for the next 5 to 10 years.
ORIGIN
In the heart of the vine-growing area of Côte de Nuits between Beaune and Dijon, Nuits-Saint-Georges covers two sections. In the north towards Vosne Romanée and the valley of La Serré the area is made up of hillsides. In the south stretching to Premeaux, the relief is plateau and plain.
The vines cover around 300 hectares and annual production is about 15,000 hectolitres per harvest. Nuits-Saint-Georges Premiers Crus from different climates cover 146 hectares for an annual production of 6 500 hectolitres.
- A soil that mixes marls, limestone, and silt with the stone surfacing near the summit.
- Eastern exposure.
- A soft incline at the base of the hill and more abrupt as you go up.
- Altitude between 240 et 300 m above sea level.
VINIFICATION AND MATURING
The grapes are harvested by hand and sorted manually on arrival at the winery. All the grapes are de-stemmed. Cold maceration for 6 days at 8° to 10°C. Then, 15 days of alcoholic fermentation with regular punching down (twice a day).
Ageing on French oak barrel (Burgundian size 228 litters) during 14 months. Racking and very delicate filtration before bottling.
Vintage : 2022
This 2022 vintage promises to be one of great quality.
We had a rather rainy November, December and January, and February and March were rather cool, which slowed down the emergence of the buds and in turn prevented the frost problems that we had last year.
May was very, very hot providing great flowering conditions. June was then a little chaotic weather wise, as we had some warm mornings and then with violent storms after midday, sometimes with hail. However, at least nothing really bad in our Burgundy.
The harvests started in Côte de Beaune and Côte de Nuits around 29 August, which is still relatively early and we had to deal with diverse levels of ripening. Some parcels really stood up to the heat and have given wonderfully ripe grapes. Of course, everything was conditioned by how the vineyard was managed and the amount of exposure. But overall, we had wonderful wines from these parcels, from other parcels which experienced more dehydration. The very high temperatures meant a greater halt in ripening, giving grapes a little less ripe, so we had to wait to harvest them.
By the end of August, we already had fabulous colour extraction and the acidity was very well balanced. All this allowed to be very confident, heading for a great vintage.
In the Chablis area, some winegrowers started harvesting as August was ending, but most of them started harvesting in the first days of September.
The harvesters were relatively unaffected by the rains, which fell either in the late afternoon or at night. The foliage, which was still in good health, benefited from it. Thanks to the rain, juice concentration was limited and the bunches of grapes were able to provide a good balance between sugar content and acidity.
The harvest concluded the third week of September with a smile: neither the frost nor the drought prevented the vineyards from producing close to normal yields. However, the volumes harvested varied from one domain to another, with some estates easily reaching full production while others were below the appellation's yield.
Wines in the making are expressing notes of ripe fruit, pear and peach, while keeping their freshness. They are generous and have a good balance. Quality is definitely there as well.
After a year 2021 disturbed by a poor harvest, this 2022 vintage is a real breath of fresh air.
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