2000 Nuits Saint-Georges Les Saint-Georges 1er Cru

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According to Christian Gouges, the appellation of Nuits-Saint-Georges is on the upswing today, "because the current generation of growers understands our soils better. Nuits-Saint-Georges was once an austere and difficult wine," he went on; "but now we can say that the village is making more feminine wines, without losing the identity of Nuits-Saint-Georges." Gouges describes his young 2001s as "pure and balanced, with good typicite and noble tannins. In 2000, we had big berries due to regular rains and a lack of hydric stress. But in 2001 we had a hot, dry period in August that resulted in smaller berries. The fruit was ultimately riper in 2001 but with a different shape of grape. We were able to do our normal extraction, and since the vintage has not shown a tendency to oxidize we did not need to use much SO2 (Vineyard Brands, Birmingham, AL)

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"It hard to compare 2000 with other vintages," Christian Gouges told me in November, "but there's nothing angular about the wines, nothing difficult. There was less surmaturite than in 1997, and the wines should always be good." The 2000s mostly began with potential alcohol between 11.5% and 12%, and were chaptalized to 12.8%-13%. Gouges planned to bottle between January and March of this year, without fining ("because the tannins are fine") or filtration ("because the wines are clear"). I did not taste the full range of this domain's '99s, but I did taste the top two bottlings, and they are stunning. (Vineyard Brands, Birmingham, AL)

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