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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.

2012 Laurent Roumier Clos de Vougeot

2020 Laurent Roumier Clos de Vougeot

2017 Laurent Ponsot Chambolle-Musigny Les Charmes Cuvée du Tilleul

Label condition issue

2002 Laboure-Roi Nuits-St.-Georges

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 3.0ltr

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue; Case condition issue

1983 Joseph Roty Charmes-Chambertin Tres Vieilles Vignes

Signs of past seepage; light label condition issue

1990 Joseph Drouhin Charmes-Chambertin

Lightly elevated cork; light label condition issue

WS  94   

2012 Joseph Drouhin Chambolle-Musigny Les Amoureuses

Label condition issue

JR  19   
ST  93-95   
WA  92-94   

1969 JLP Lebegue Chambolle Musigny Les Charmes

Light capsule condition issue; lightly elevated cork; signs of past seepage; 6 cm ullage

1969 JLP Lebegue Chambolle Musigny Les Charmes

Lightly depressed cork; 4.5 cm ullage; light label condition issue

1969 JLP Lebegue Chambolle Musigny Les Charmes

Capsule condition issue; heavy signs of past seepage; 5.5 cm ullage; light label condition issue

1969 JLP Lebegue Chambolle Musigny Les Charmes

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

1969 JLP Lebegue Chambolle Musigny Les Charmes

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

1969 JLP Lebegue Chambolle Musigny Les Charmes

Lightly elevated cork; 4.5 cm ullage; light label condition issue

1969 JLP Lebegue Chambolle Musigny Les Charmes

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; 4.5 cm ullage; light label condition issue

2019 Jerome Galeyrand Cotes de Nuits Villages - Comblanchien Vieilles Vignes Les Retraits

Light label condition issue

2019 Jean-Pierre Guyon Clos Vougeot

WA  94-96   

2022 Jean-Michel Guillon Gevrey-Chambertin Les Crais

1971 Jean-Jacques Confuron Chambolle-Musigny

Light capsule condition issue; signs of past seepage; 5 cm ullage; label condition issue

1999 Jean Grivot Vosne Romanee Les Beaux Monts

WS  92   
ST  91   
WA  90-92   
BH  90   

2017 Jean Grivot Richebourg

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

Light label condition issue; Light case condition issue

DE  97   
VN  96   
BH  95   
WA  93-96   

2001 Jacques Cacheux & Fils Vosne-Romanee Les Suchots

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; signs of past seepage; 3.5 cm ullage

2021 J.F. Mugnier Nuits-St.-Georges Clos de la Marechale

WA  90+    

2015 J.F. Mugnier Nuits-St.-Georges Clos de la Marechale

12-bottle Lot, Wood Case

BH  92   

2018 J.F. Mugnier Chambolle-Musigny Les Fuées

WA  93   
VN  92-94   
BH  92   
JR  17   

2018 J.F. Mugnier Chambolle-Musigny Les Fuées

WA  93   
VN  92-94   
BH  92   
JR  17