DOMAINE DE LA VOUGERAIE Nuits Saint Georges 1er Cru 'Clos de Thorey' 2022 Bottle ORG/BIO

Description

Domaine de la Vougeraie, based in Premeaux just south of Nuits St Georges, was created in 1999 when Jean-Claude Boisset of the Boisset group decided to group together all the vineyard holdings of his various negociant companies acquired over the years. The name comes from the significant holdings – and indeed Jean-Claude Boisset’s home – in the village of Vougeot. The winery is located however in the old Claudine Deschamps (Madame Jean-Claude Boisset) cellars in Prémeaux. No expense has been spared in production terms. The premier and grand cru vineyards are all farmed biodynamically with carefully limited yields.

The vineyards, solidly seated on middle Jurassic sedimentary formations, are cut in two by the town, where the Meuzin stream flows out of the Combe de la Serrée. To the north lies Vosne-Romanée, to the south, Premeaux-Prissey. Being exposed to a variety of directions, the characteristic tastes vary, with more rustic wines to the south of the village. Nuits wines are only at their best after several years, and are ideal for patient collectors.

Harvest date: September 17th, 18th , 21st 2021 (root and leaf days). Selection in the vineyard and on arival in the winery. Yield: 18.9 hl/ha. 5% of whole grapes. Not crushed and vatted by gravity. No yeast addition. Maceration: pre-fermentation, cold (12-15°C) for 5 days. Length of maceration: 19 days. A light pumping-over per day until the end of vatting time. Pressing with the vertical press.

Aged for 16 months in Tronçais oak barrels (20% new, long slow toasting). Stirring of the lees: twice a month during the fruit days and rising moon until December. Light and soft filtration. No fining.

Jasper Morris MW, Inside Burgundy (November 2023) - "The 2022 Clos de Thorey includes the 2012 planting which is picked earlier than the older vines. Mid purple, with a reductive nose that is new since last week, says Sylvie, when this wine was a ball of fruit. It still is in the mouth, mind you, quite an explosion of raspberry and ripe redcurrant, with a very good fruit/acid balance to finish. Drink 2030 - 2038."