2013 Henri Gouges Nuits-St-Georges Vaucrains
Secondary Description
Gregory says this is a very easy wine to make, once you`ve done all the hard graft in the vines. The 2013 Henri gouges Nuits-St-Georges 1er Cru Vaucrains cropped at a miserable 18 hectolitres/hectare, so Greg`s laconic comment just quoted is irony at its best. There`s a touch of reduction here, but in the mouth the black cherries, the structure and the supporting oak are a harmonious and complete entity. The tannins are fine and silky but there`s plenty of them. Grapes from this plot always arrive very small due to millerandage and are all solid with very little juice. This will take years to come round and is very nice indeed. Want some. (CW 03/11/14)
Producer
Origin
Nuits-St-Georges, Cote de Nuits, Burgundy/Beaujolais/Jura, FRANCE
Colour
red
Wine Style
dry
Dominant Grape
Pinot Noir
Farming Style
organic
Closure Style
cork
Maturity
drink or keep
Bottle size
75cl
Case Quantity
6
Alcohol
13%
Classification
Burgundy premiers crus
Score
95 points, John Gilman, View from the Cellar No54, Dec 2014
90-92 points, Neal Martin, erobertparker.com, December 2014
92-94 points, Allen Meadows, burghound.com, Jan 2015
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Media Reviews
John Gilman
The 2013 Vaucrains is one of the smallest cuvées in the cellar this year, as after all the
sorting was completed, the yields here were only eighteen hectoliters per hectare in this vintage!
The wine has turned out absolutely stunning in potential, offering up a pure and bottomless nose
of dark berries, black cherries, espresso, a beautifully complex base of soil, gamebirds,
woodsmoke and just a hint of vanillin oak. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied, pure and
very transparent, with a fine core of fruit, great focus and grip and a very long, perfectly
balanced and ripely tannic finish. A magical bottle of young Vaucrains. 2025-2075. 95 points
Neal Martin
Cropped at 18 hectoliters per hectare due to millerandé grapes, the 2013 Nuits St Georges 1er Cru les Vaucrains is more open and expressive on the nose compared to the Pruliers ’13, the fruit veering more to the red spectrum with heightened mineralité. There is also more femininity here and that translates to the palate that is sil ky smooth and beautifully poised. There is not a huge depth or power here, but there is great tension and vibrancy. Very fine, but it deserves two or three years in bottle. 90-92 points