Henri Gouges, Nuits Saint Georges Vaucrains Vintage:2020 (91-93)/2024+

(91-93)/2024+

the balance is from several Morey 1ers

I sampled a mind-boggling array of outstanding and often profound wines in my marathon tasting session with proprietor and winemaker Luca Currado

The old vines are very much in evidence as there is a true abundance of palate soaking dry extract that imparts a velvety mouth feel to the mid-palate and buffers the very firm tannins on the youthfully austere

with the 2011 Flaccianello della Pieve appearing a bit softer and plumper around the midsection

Henri Gouges, Nuits Saint Georges Vaucrains Vintage:2020 (91-93)/2024+(from a 1. 08 ha mix of younger and older vines that average about 50+ years of age). An exuberantly spicy nose offers up notes of cassis, various black fruit nuances and plenty of earth and game scents. The dense, powerful and brooding big bodied flavors possess outstanding volume and mid palate concentration where the abundant dry extract serves to buffer the very firm and imposing tannic spine on the hugely long finish. This is certainly a big