2021 Nuits-St Georges, Aux Herbues, Domaine Guyon, Burgundy

2021 Nuits-St Georges, Aux Herbues, Domaine Guyon, Burgundy

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2021 Nuits-St Georges, Aux Herbues, Domaine Guyon, Burgundy

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This vineyard is right on the border with Vosne-Romanée.  Jean-Pierre’s 0.23 hectares of vines are 70 years old and give a tiny, millerandé crop. The smaller crop gave Jean-Pierre a small surplus of new oak barrels and he upped the percentage to 80% for this wine, as a result. Thus there is a mark of new wood initially, but the quality of the base material is evident. The wine is further enhanced by the fresh final lift. Drink 2024-2032. 

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Jasper Morris MW90-92/100
Another vivid bright purple. Darker fruit on the nose and much less coconut oak, though a little starts to emerge later. Lifted red fruit alongside the dark plums, good acidity, and impressive persistence. Plenty of fruit here, once again.

Drink 2025-2030

Jasper Morris, Inside Burgundy (January 2023) Read more

About this WINE

Domaine Guyon

Domaine Guyon

The excellent Domaine Guyon in Vosne Romanée has been below most people’s radar – perhaps because Jean-Pierre Guyon spends as much of his time as possible out in the vineyards, which have been farmed organically since 2006, certified from 2012.  This is a hugely exciting addition to the Berry Bros. & Rudd range, the wines wowed Jasper Morris MW when he first discovered them.  The wines are extraordinarily good, yet are priced very sensibly indeed, a winning combination.

With his high pedigree viticulture as a great starting point, Jean-Pierre can employ whole bunch fermentation as the stalks are ripe, eschewing the use of sulphur at this stage (though some is added later during elevage and at bottling to assure stability). Another point of Guyon’s meticulous care is the use of a vertical press before the juice goes to barrel for 12 months, before racking into older wood for a final six months maturation.

This range of wines is hugely impressive, from the simple Bourgogne Rouge up to the Grand Crus. Finding high quality Vosne Romanée at this pricing level is a rare thing indeed.

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Pinot Noir

Pinot Noir

Pinot Noir is probably the most frustrating, and at times infuriating, wine grape in the world. However when it is successful, it can produce some of the most sublime wines known to man. This thin-skinned grape which grows in small, tight bunches performs well on well-drained, deepish limestone based subsoils as are found on Burgundy's Côte d'Or.

Pinot Noir is more susceptible than other varieties to over cropping - concentration and varietal character disappear rapidly if yields are excessive and yields as little as 25hl/ha are the norm for some climats of the Côte d`Or.

Because of the thinness of the skins, Pinot Noir wines are lighter in colour, body and tannins. However the best wines have grip, complexity and an intensity of fruit seldom found in wine from other grapes. Young Pinot Noir can smell almost sweet, redolent with freshly crushed raspberries, cherries and redcurrants. When mature, the best wines develop a sensuous, silky mouth feel with the fruit flavours deepening and gamey "sous-bois" nuances emerging.

The best examples are still found in Burgundy, although Pinot Noir`s key role in Champagne should not be forgotten. It is grown throughout the world with notable success in the Carneros and Russian River Valley districts of California, and the Martinborough and Central Otago regions of New Zealand.

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