2018 Nuits-Saint-Georges Les Damodes 1er Cru

Wine Details
Release Price

$146 (2018)

Place of Origin

France

Nuits Saint Georges

Burgundy

Color

Red

Grape/Blend

Pinot Noir (2018 vintage)

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Drinking Window

2023 - 2038

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“How much time to do you have?” Remoissenet President Pierre Rovani asked as I settled in for my annual tasting. The answer is I try to never be in a rush, but I also did not expect to taste essentially all the 2018 reds and whites. I am glad I did, though, because so many of the best wines in this range emerge from unheralded appellations. For most of its life, Remoissenet was essentially a négociant firm. When the Milstein family bought Remoissenet in 2005 the house owned just over 2 hectares of vineyards, all centered around Beaune. A subsequent investment in 2006 resulted in the establishment of Domaine Remoissenet which controls, either by ownership or long-term lease, a number of parcels including five Gevrey 1ers and a sliver in the Clos Vougeot. Remoissenet added to their holdings in 2011 through the purchase of a piece of Beaune Teurons from the Château de Chorey. In 2018, Remoissenet acquired Maillard Lebreaux and their vineyards, most of them sites in Savigny-les-Beaune and Pernand-Vergelesses that had previously supplied Remoissenet with fruit. In tasting through this range, many of the positive surprises are to be found in the lesser appellations. That can happen in warmer years when vineyards that typically struggle to ripen suddenly yield wines with more depth than is usually the case. The Pernands in particular, are terrific, both white and red. By now, readers are likely quite familiar with the personality of 2018, a vintage that produced bold, ripe wines. The Remoissenet 2018s show the natural richness of the year, but they are also very well balanced. Naturally, the most famous appellations are likely to get the most attention, but it would be a mistake to look past the wines in this range that emerge from more humble origins. As always, the reds are done with fully destemmed fruit and are fairly forward, while new oak influence has come down in recent years. The whites have generally been more vibrant in style than the reds, although that difference has narrowed now that Remoissenet seems to be seeking a bit more energy in the reds than they did when I started tasting here about a decade ago.

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