The Pinot Noir is the only grape variety used for the Nuits-Saint-Georges.
- 10 000 feet/ha.
- Guyot pruning.
- Manual harvest.
- Yields of 40 hl/ha.
- Aged 12 months in French oak barrels.
- Very beautiful deep robe.
- Rich, concentrated and solar bouquet, with aromas of small fruits with red and black berries almost jammed, delicately toasted.
- The palate shows a velvet texture. It is a rich, heady, round, powerful and racy wine. Tannins are present and silky. The flavours are fruity and liquorice, an animal note is revealed in a second time. A very nice wine.
Serve it with a haunch of venison, duck meat, and with roasted red meats or red meats in sauce. At the end of a meal, try it with French Coulommiers cheese followed by a black cherry pie. Enjoy also enjoy it simply as an aperitif.
Serve at a temperature of 16 to 17°C. (60-62°F.)
This wine can be opened now, but can also be kept in the cellar for another 10 years.
In the centre of the Côte de Nuits, between Beaune and Dijon, Nuits-Saint-Georges is actually divided in two different parts; the northern part in the direction of Vosne Romanée to the Serrée valley which is mainly made of hills, and the southern part extending to Prémeaux which is a much flatter zone.
This vineyard stretches on 300 hectares. Its production averages 15 000 hl per harvest.
- Soil derived from gravel and silt descending from the hillside and deposits from the Meuzin. Marly limestone silt originating from the Combe des Vallerot with, near the summit, the rock that surfaces.
- South-eastern and eastern exposure.
- Soft to steep incline.
- Altitude between 240 and 300 m.
It is of traditional Burgundy type. The grapes, harvested by hand, are sorted once in the vineyard and then in the cellars as soon as they arrive. After this severe sorting, they are destemmed, crushed, and then placed in thermos regular tanks. The tank lasts between 20 and 25 days. The vinification begins with a cold maceration (8°-10°C), then the fermentation is carried out with the introduction of Burgundy yeasts, with daily pumping over and punching down. The ageing continues in 228-litre barrels, of which about 30% are new for 12 months.
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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