Domaine Guy & Yvan Dufouleur Nuits Saint Georges 1er Cru “Clos des Perrieres”

WHY WE LOVE IT

• The plot for this wine is on a 15% slope, facing East-South East, which is South of Nuits.
• The average age of the vines is 15 years.
• This Pinot Noir is grown in light brown soils, scree of white oolites.
• Best served at a temperature of 15 to 16°C and best enjoyed between 7 to 10 years.

Varietal Composition: 100% Pinot Noir

Elaboration: Vine management includes tillage, partial weeding, grassing of treatment rows, reasoned control, stripping, manual harvesting, sorting in the vineyard before harvest (Verjus , damaged grapes). Strict sorting in the winery, vatting of the whole destemmed berries by gravity; Enzyming, yeasting, pre-fermentation cold maceration for one-week, daily punching down, final warm maceration. 3 weeks vatting. Manual devatting using tanks by gravity in the stainless-steel pneumatic press. The wine is aged 12 months in barrels, 1/3 of which new, malolactic fermentation in barrels, then blending in stainless steel vats for 3 months. Light filtration 5 microns before bottling to improve the brilliance of the wine and its aromatic purity.

Tasting Notes: Dense and sustained color, the freshness and intensity of its fruitiness charms us from its youth. Over the years, the mouth displays an ample and silky roundness. A fruitiness evolving towards macerated cherry, stone, liquorice and fine balsamic scents as well as very fine animal nuances.

PRESS

2018 – 93 Points, Wine Enthusiast

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