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Côte de Nuits

Côte de Nuits is the northern part of the Côte d’Or and it includes the most famous vineyards and wine communes in the world. There are more Grand Cru appellations in the Côte de Nuits than anywhere else in Burgundy. Of the fourteen communes, or villages in the Côte de Nuits, six produce Grand Cru wines. They are Gevrey-Chambertin, Morey-St.-Denis, Chambolle-Musigny, Vougeot, Flagey-Échezeaux and Vosne-Romanee. Some of the vineyards within the Côte de Nuits are tiny, which adds to their prestige. The fabled Grand Cru vineyard La Romanee is barely two square acres. Altogether there are twenty-four Grand Cru vineyards. The region takes its name from the village of Nuits-Saint-Georges. Côtes de Nuits produces mostly reds from Pinot Noir, and the wines have been in demand for centuries. During the 18th century King Louis XIV’s physician recommended that for his health the king only drink wines from Nuits-Saint-Georges. Like most of Burgundy, the soils of the Côte de Nuit can vary greatly from one vineyard to another, though most are a base soil of limestone mixed with clay, gravel and sand.

1989 Rene Engel Grands-Echezeaux

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; light label condition issue

WS  90   

1978 Domaine Ponsot Clos de la Roche

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; light signs of past seepage; 5 cm ullage; light label condition issue

BH  93   

1977 Rene Engel Clos de Vougeot

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; 3 cm ullage; light label condition issue

1990 Comte de Vogue Chambolle-Musigny Les Amoureuses

1.5ltr

Light capsule condition issue; light signs of past seepage; 4.5 cm ullage

2012 Faiveley Chambertin Clos De Beze Les Ouvrees Rodin

1.5ltr

CT  95.2   

1983 Domaine Dujac Clos de la Roche

Capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; 3 cm ullage; label condition issue

1985 Maison Leroy Le Chambertin

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; light signs of past seepage; 4.5 cm ullage; light label condition issue

WS  93   
BH  93   

1985 Maison Leroy Le Chambertin

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; light signs of past seepage; 4 cm ullage; light label condition issue

WS  93   
BH  93   

2020 Armand Rousseau Gevrey-Chambertin Clos St. Jacques

VN  98   
WS  96   
WA  95-97   
JR  18.5+    

2019 Armand Rousseau Gevrey-Chambertin Clos St. Jacques

WA  95-97   
JG  95   
JR  18.5   

1990 Domaine Ponsot Chambertin

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; signs of past seepage; label condition issue

RP  93   

1990 Hubert Lignier Clos de la Roche

Light capsule condition issue; lightly elevated cork; light signs of past seepage; 4 cm ullage; light label condition issue

WA  95   
BH  94   
WS  92   

1990 Domaine Dujac Gevrey-Chambertin Aux Combottes

Light capsule condition issue; label condition issue

BH  92   
RP  90   

2022 Domaine Georges Roumier Bonnes Mares

Lightly depressed cork

WA  96-98   
VN  96-98   
JR  18+    

1971 Comte de Vogue Bonnes Mares

Light capsule condition issue; 4.5 cm ullage; label condition issue

2005 Comte de Vogue Musigny Vieilles Vignes

BH  99   
ST  98+    
WA  96   
JR  18.5   

1961 Louis Latour Romanee-St. Vivant Les Quatre Journaux

Capsule condition issue; 3 cm ullage; label condition issue

2017 Comte Liger-Belair Nuits-St.-Georges Aux Lavieres

WA  88-90   
JR  17   

2017 Comte Liger-Belair Nuits-St.-Georges Aux Lavieres

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

WA  88-90   
JR  17   

1985 Domaine Georges Mugneret (Mugneret-Gibourg) Ruchottes-Chambertin

Light capsule condition issue; lightly elevated cork; light signs of past seepage; 4.5 cm ullage; label condition issue

2010 Armand Rousseau Mazis-Chambertin

VN  94-96   
BH  92-94   
JR  18   

2021 Guilbert Gillet Morey St. Denis Les Millandes Vieilles Vignes

Light label condition issue

2021 Guilbert Gillet Morey St. Denis Les Millandes Vieilles Vignes

1971 Maison Leroy Vosne-Romanee

4.5 cm ullage; light label condition issue

2006 Comte de Vogue Musigny Vieilles Vignes

BH  96   
ST  95+