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Domaine Jean Chauvenet, Nuits-Saint-Georges 2020
Red Wine from France - Burgundy
Excellent quality for a village wine. This is a blend of vineyards in the northern part of the appellation, which makes softer wines than the southern part. I was allowed to make a blend, unique to The Wine Society, with the help of Roy Richards and Christophe. It`s mainly Allots, planted in 1950s and some Saint Jacques, planted in 1920s, with 30% new oak. Rich, dense and concentrated yet not without some freshness and energy.
Price:
£34.00
Bottle
Price:
£204.00
Case of 6
In Stock
Code: BU80671
Wine characteristics
- Red Wine
- Medium-bodied
- Pinot Noir
- 75cl
- 2028 to 2032
- 13.5% Alcohol
- oak used but not v. noticeable
- Cork, natural
Domaine Jean Chauvenet
Christophe Drag makes the wines here in a typically chunky Nuits style which benefits immensely from keeping. The 9.5ha domaine has a large slice of village vineyards, over 7ha, together with a lovely series of premiers crus which includes Rue de Chaux, Les Damodes, Les Bousselots, Les Perrières and Les Vaucrains. Les Vaucrains is a majestic wine possessing a great structure and length of flavour.
Recently Christophe has moved to grassing down the rows, a technique which reduces vigour, yield and botrytis all of which has a favourable effect on the quality of the wines. The grapes are destemmed, cold soaked for a few days to extract colour before fermenting up to about 32°C. The wine is then aged in barrel, usually with one racking, for about 18-20 months.