2014 Nuits-Saint-Georges 1. Cru Corvées Pagets La Vougeraie

This is also exuberantly expressive and fresh with its pretty array of various red berries, soft spice elements and rose petal hints. There are plenty of soil tones evident on the vibrant, detailed and relatively seductive middle weight flavors that culminate in a mildly rustic but balanced and lingering finish where a hint of natural sweetness arises.

The 2014 Nuits Saint Georges 1er Cru les Corvées Pagets was showing just a touch of reduction when I tasted it from barrel, though there seemed to be sufficient fruit concentration underneath. The palate is medium-bodied, the new oak a little more conspicuous here and coating the finish in a thin film of dark chocolate. That should be absorbed by the time of bottling, but I feel this is a slightly more modern style of Nuits Saint Georges (perhaps because it was completely destemmed?). I would like to see more terroir come through by the time of bottling.

Black cherry and toasty vanilla aromas and flavors are the hallmarks of this muscular red. Hints of tobacco and chocolate linger. Best from 2020 through 2038.-B.S.