2017 Henri Gouges Nuits-St-Georges Vaucrains

Producer
Henri Gouges
Origin
Nuits-St-Georges, Cote de Nuits, Burgundy/Beaujolais FRANCE
Colour
red
Wine Style
dry
Dominant Grape
Pinot Noir
Farming Style
organic
Closure Style
cork
Maturity
young
Bottle Size
75cl
Case Quantity
6
Alcohol
13%
Wine Score
91-93 points, Neal Martin, vinous.com, January 2019
92 points, William Kelley, robertparker.com, January 2019
91-93 points, Allen Meadows, burghound.com, January 2019

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Media Reviews

Neal Martin

The 2017 Nuits Saint-Georges Les Vaucrains 1er Cru has a lovely, intense bouquet that combines blue and black fruit, crushed violet petals and incense. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannin, showing a little more cohesion than the Les Pruliers, if not quite the same mineral drive as Domaine Chevillon’s. Still, there is decent length and depth to this Les Vaucrains, though it will need several years in bottle. 91-93 points

William Kelley

The 2017 Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Les Vaucrains is another unusually suave offering from Gouges, offering up aromas of dark berry fruit, wild plums, baking chocolate and rich soil tones, subtly framed by cedary new wood. On the palate, the wine is medium to full-bodied, deep and dense, but notably open-knit and juicy at the core, concluding with a long, sapid finish. Given how forbidding Vaucrains can be, this is an almost disconcertingly charming effort. 92 points

Allen Meadows

Slightly riper aromas of plum liqueur, violet, warm earth and plenty of sauvage character lead to intense and notably dense broad-shouldered flavors that display first-rate power on the serious and youthfully austere finish. This is a big wine in the context of what is typical for the 2017 vintage and should age effortlessly. 91-93 points

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