Famille Roux - Nuits Saint Georges 2021 | Monsieur Touton Selection

Tasting notes

The Nuits-Saint-Georges, which has the gleaming crimson highlights of the Pinot grape, veers sometimes towards an intense garnet hue or, when young, a bright cherry. Its aromas run a classic spectrum through cherry, gooseberry and blackcurrant to notes of underbrush, mushroom and spices (cinnamon). This is a big-hearted wine, powerful in the mouth, full and meaty, and its tannins (more conspicuously present in the younger wines) are well smoothed-down. Handpicked harvest and first fermentation in stainless steel tank during 15 days. Second fermentation in oak barrels (15% new casks). Maturation during 7 months in cellar for ageing, stored in barrels.

Description

These terroirs are worthy of carrying the communal appellation institued in 1964, of the souther villages of the Nuits-Saint-Georges. The hill-slopes are carved into the hard limestones of the Upper bathonien. The slopes are gentle and regular, not reaching the rim of the plateau. In the upper part the brown soil is only slightly limy with, lower down, a thick layer of pebbly scree, while at the foot of the slope is an extensive area of brown soils over accumulated alluvium. For their part, the wines of Nuits-Saint-Georges lie on the red-brown soils of the piemont composed of alluvium mixed with pebbly limestone.

Estate

Founded in 1885, Domaine Roux is currently operated by the 4th and 5th generation of the Roux family. With vineyard holdings throughout the Côte d'Or, the Domaine is situated in the Saint Aubin village of the Côte de Beaune. This historic property maintains one of the most incredible libraries of older vintages. No one in Burgundy has such an impressive collection of verticals from such a diverse array of villages, single vineyards and Premier Cru wines.

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