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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.

2005 Domaine des Lambrays Clos des Lambrays

Lightly depressed cork

WS  95   
BH  94   
ST  93   
JR  18.5   
WA  91-93   
WS  #26 of 2008   

1977 Rene Engel Clos de Vougeot

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

1998 Rene Engel Clos de Vougeot

BH  90   

1989 Rene Engel Grands-Echezeaux

Capsule condition issue; light signs of past seepage; 3 cm ullage or better

WS  90   

1989 Rene Engel Grands-Echezeaux

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

WS  90   

1988 Rene Engel Vosne-Romanee Les Brulees

Light label condition issue

2001 Domaine Gros Frere et Soeur Richebourg

Light label condition issue

WS  96   
ST  92   
CT  91.8   

2003 Domaine Gros Frere et Soeur Richebourg

WS  94   

2003 Domaine Gros Frere et Soeur Richebourg

Light capsule condition issue

WS  94   

2004 Domaine Gros Frere et Soeur Richebourg

Light capsule condition issue; heavily elevated cork

ST  92   
BH  90-92   

2001 Sylvain Cathiard Vosne Romanee En Orveaux

Light label condition issue

CT  93.3   

1999 Lucien Le Moine Bonnes Mares

Light label condition issue

ST  93+    
WA  92   

2022 Robert Groffier Chambolle-Musigny Les Amoureuses

Lightly depressed cork

2022 Robert Groffier Chambolle-Musigny Les Amoureuses

Lightly depressed cork; light label condition issue

1996 Domaine Trapet Pere & Fils Chambertin

Light capsule condition issue; light signs of past seepage

ST  93+    
RP  92   
WS  90   

2002 Domaine Trapet Pere & Fils Chambertin

WA  94   

2011 Domaine Cecile Tremblay Vosne-Romanee Vieilles Vignes

VN  90-92   
JR  17   

2002 Domaine Francois Lamarche La Grande Rue

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

BH  92   

2006 David Duband Morey-St.-Denis Clos Sorbe

WS  91   

2006 David Duband Morey-St.-Denis Clos Sorbe

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

WS  91   

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   

1996 Domaine Robert Arnoux Vosne-Romanee Aux Reignots

WA  88-91   

1993 Domaine Robert Arnoux Vosne-Romanee Les Chaumes

Light label condition issue

2013 Domaine Anne Gros Richebourg

Light label condition issue

WA  93   
VN  93+    
JR  17+    

2017 Jean-Marie Fourrier Chambolle Musigny Les Amoureuses Vieille Vigne

Light label condition issue