This Nuits-St Georges, Aux Murgers wine announces its qualities right from the start. Powerful fruit and a broad structure is followed by refreshing minerality on the finish. This will develop very well if laid down over the next four or five years.

Very intense purple without the black. There’s a haunting, heady, Vosne note over and above the dark fruit of Nuits-St Georges here. A glorious mouthful of fruit, really intense with brilliant minerals in the background. Very long indeed. 
Jasper Morris, MW - Wine Buyer

Sylvain considers 2013 to be a very classic Burgundy vintage, with good acidity similar to 2010. This delivers very good terroir definition and the classification levels are well marked out. Pure and precise wines, but unfortunately volumes are a further 20% below 2012 because of bad flowering and the need to sort the grapes. Contrary to many Sébastien favoured a bit more extraction, with longer maceration both before and after fermentation, and a bit more punching down during. Very interesting results as you will see. He has also cut back on the new oak.

This wine boasts expansive fruit and great concentration. Dense vivid purple in the glass, it has extra layers in the mouth and will go the distance. There is exceptional weight and some complexity, but above all glowing, exuberant fruit. This makes a very complete mouthful with fabulous density, from 70-year-old vines.
Jasper Morris MW, Burgundy Wine Director

Sébastien Cathiard began his second vintage in charge on 22nd September. He has made approximately the same volume of wine in 2012 as 2011, except in the Nuits-St Georges vineyards, but, alas, 2013 will be even less. There are no significant changes to his father’s style, except some progress towards organic viticulture. Sébastien currently uses 2/3 new wood for village wines and 100% for most Premiers Crus. The grapes are entirely de-stemmed before vinification. Note how many cuvées have the benefit of old vines. but fabulous quality.