Philippe Pacalet, Nuits Saint Georges Aux Argillas other_regions_australia

Philippe Pacalet, Nuits Saint Georges Aux Argillas other_regions_australiaA cool, pure and ripe nose offers up layered aromas of dark pinot fruit, red currant, earth and plenty of floral elements. The vibrant, detailed and mineral inflected medium weight flavors possess a lovely midpalate mouth feel that contrasts moderately with the mildly rustic finale that is both sneaky long and beautifully complex. This is a relatively refined Nuits 1er that is built to age yet not especially austere and thus should drink well after

particularly on the delicious and mineral suffused medium plus weight flavors that possess superb focus and really lovely detail on the layered

which effectively means that the Domaine owns 89% of the appellation

this needs a thorough aeration

Appealingly sweet

14 ha parcel planted in 1984)

This is pure hedonism

brooding and focused flavors that explode on the hugely long and deep finish

and the tannins are fine

This will need to develop more depth to merit the top of the range but the underlying material is certainly present such that it could occur

I suspect that it will not improve with further bottle age but should hold steady for another decade

Note that if you’re going to try a bottle young to allow for at least 30 minutes of air as the mid-palate really fleshed out the longer it sat in the glass

serious and compact finish