2009 Nuits-Saint-Georges Les Damodes 1er Cru

Wine Details
Place of Origin

France

Nuits Saint Georges

Burgundy

Color

Red

Grape/Blend

Pinot Noir

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Drinking Window

2014 - 2029

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This is a strong set of wines from Gilles Jayer. In 2009 the harvest took place from the 16th to the 24th of September. After vinification Jayer leaves the wines in oak with no racking until the wines are assembled prior to bottling. Jayer uses 100% new oak for all his wines. With the occasional exception of some of the entry-level offerings, the wines handle their new oak admirably well. I also had a chance to taste The 2008s. Aside from the Hautes Côtes de Beaune – which was too reduced to evaluate – The 2008s showed very well.

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Gilles Jayer describes 2009 as "a very good vintage, with good balance for aging. But the wines will also taste good early." He told me that acidity levels were similar to those of 2003, but that pHs were in the reasonable 3.5 range. Jayer normally begins harvesting on the late side (September 16 in 2009) since his vines in the Hautes Cotes ripen late and he doesn't want his pickers sitting on their hands for a week or more in the middle of the harvesting period. Jayer noted that yields were just 33 or 34 hectoliters per hectare in 2009. He always destems his fruit "because we don't need stems with all that new oak." He racks only for the assemblage and holds his wines in tank for just two days before bottling them. (Robert Kacher Selections, Washington, D.C.)