Michel Gros, Nuits Saint Georges Rouge

Michel Gros, Nuits Saint Georges Rouge(from 4 different lieux dits, all on the Vosne side that include Aux Athets, En la Perrire Noblot, Les Lavires and Bas de Combe). Reduction again has the upper hand versus the fruit today. More interesting are the velvety and utterly delicious medium weight flavors that possess better volume and particularly so on the moderately rustic, compact and first finish where a hint of acid tang arises. (87 89) 2024+

(blended from 3 separate parcels)

A stunner of a wine that has everything it needs for 30 plus years of life

Here too there is very good vibrancy to the lilting and well-detailed medium weight flavors that flash evident salinity on the focused

I wish there were more wineries setting their sights on this level of quality

I hesitate to predict

The Tempranillo is more like a bull in Toro

iron and tar flavors

earth and stone driven perfume

This is only a couple of steps behind the 2010 albeit cut from a different clothe

with a sexy vanilla nuance in the background

42 ha parcel in Mazis-Bas)

(from vines planted in 1955)