One of a dozen-plus Nuit bottlings opened for a dinner. This is just starting to come into a drinking window, but starts out tight and a bit tangy. With air, it opens up and begins to soften, but has plenty of years ahead of it. Elegant and clean as you'd expect with MG, mid-weight and nice balance of fruit, tannin and acidity. Dark cherry rolls into spicy plum, with dusty earth and savory hints adding complexity. Kept getting better.
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One of the WOTN from a shootout of 14 bottles of NSG. This was the youngest and it wowed everyone. Several jokes about finally the Gouges is ready to drink! Was a bit shut down on opening, but blossomed with air. Great aromatic nose of fruit, floral and earth. Medium-weight dark red fruits on the palate - cherry and raspberry with some plum, woven through with dark earth, dried herbs, hint of old wood, but seamless and complex. Plenty of structure, nicely resolved tannins and still youthful after 30+ years. Wonderful.
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A bit darker and not quite as fresh as the last bottle of this a year ago. Bit more cork seepage. Quite lush with good flavors, classic deep peach apricot honey and touch of green herbs, nice mineral saline notes. Good acidity underneath kept it lively. Long finish. The prime bottles of this are singing these days...
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2005 Domaine Georges Mugneret-Gibourg Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Les Chaignots
3/5/2024 - Meeker1 wrote: 94 Points
One of a dozen-plus Nuit bottlings opened for a dinner. This is just starting to come into a drinking window, but starts out tight and a bit tangy. With air, it opens up and begins to soften, but has plenty of years ahead of it. Elegant and clean as you'd expect with MG, mid-weight and nice balance of fruit, tannin and acidity. Dark cherry rolls into spicy plum, with dusty earth and savory hints adding complexity. Kept getting better.
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1990 Domaine Henri Gouges Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Les Saint Georges
3/5/2024 - Meeker1 wrote: 96 Points
One of the WOTN from a shootout of 14 bottles of NSG. This was the youngest and it wowed everyone. Several jokes about finally the Gouges is ready to drink! Was a bit shut down on opening, but blossomed with air. Great aromatic nose of fruit, floral and earth. Medium-weight dark red fruits on the palate - cherry and raspberry with some plum, woven through with dark earth, dried herbs, hint of old wood, but seamless and complex. Plenty of structure, nicely resolved tannins and still youthful after 30+ years. Wonderful.
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1989 Domaine Huet Vouvray Moelleux Le Haut-Lieu
3/5/2024 - Meeker1 wrote: 92 Points
A bit darker and not quite as fresh as the last bottle of this a year ago. Bit more cork seepage. Quite lush with good flavors, classic deep peach apricot honey and touch of green herbs, nice mineral saline notes. Good acidity underneath kept it lively. Long finish. The prime bottles of this are singing these days...
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