Henri Gouges Nuits-St-Georges 1er Cru Clos des Porrets St. Georges Monopole - 2010 (750ml) Delaware field grasses and marzipan

field grasses and marzipan

in which the wine finished its primary fermentation

Nose: Orchard fruit (pear) with a hint of peat

that suggestion of candied orange peel on the entry segueing into layers of pure red and black fruit

mineral-driven wine that will take time to show all its potential

Henri Gouges Nuits-St-Georges 1er Cru Clos des Porrets St. Georges Monopole - 2010 (750ml) Delaware field grasses and marzipanMonopole of a superficy area of 3,6 hectares, this parcel is located right under les Perrires, a former pit of Nuits Saint Georges that was previously exploited by the monks of Citeaux. Set on the pink limestone and very rocky Premeaux, the Clos des Porrets is made of limestone screes and of a soil high in clay on lower slopes. Long keeping wines that come from it express a lovely finesse after a few years of bottles. The Porrets are especially