Domaine Henri Gouges
Les Chaignots Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Pinot Noir
Nuits St. Georges, Côte de Nuits, Burgundy, France
Pretty good. Could probably age well. Slightly tannic and minerally...not very fruity
Pretty good. Could probably age well. Slightly tannic and minerally...not very fruity
Mar 1st, 2017
Solid, if a bit more rustic and clearly less developed than the Vosnee Romaner
Solid, if a bit more rustic and clearly less developed than the Vosnee Romaner
Jan 15th, 2017
Light and bright. Super great acidity and round fruit. Finishes with great minerality. All of the barnyard funk you would expect from Nuits-St.-Georges.
Light and bright. Super great acidity and round fruit. Finishes with great minerality. All of the barnyard funk you would expect from Nuits-St.-Georges.
Dec 1st, 2015
On day one I found this not all that different from the Bourgogne, just a bit fuller and smoother but still challenging with a bitter green edge to it. So I saved most of a bottle to try the next day and it is much, much better. No more bitterness although it is still very robustly structured old-style Gouges, very marked contrast to the 2010s for example which had a ton of easy and immediate (and perhaps un-Gouges like) early appeal. Very sapid with a strong stony minerality. Chaignots is Vosne side of Nuits and sometimes tastes Vosne-like. This one doesn't. This is tough, true old-style Nuits St. Georges.
On day one I found this not all that different from the Bourgogne, just a bit fuller and smoother but still challenging with a bitter green edge to it. So I saved most of a bottle to try the next day and it is much, much better. No more bitterness although it is still very robustly structured old-style Gouges, very marked contrast to the 2010s for example which had a ton of easy and immediate (and perhaps un-Gouges like) early appeal. Very sapid with a strong stony minerality. Chaignots is Vosne side of Nuits and sometimes tastes Vosne-like. This one doesn't. This is tough, true old-style Nuits St. Georges.
Jul 15th, 2015
