NUITS-SAINT-GEORGES PREMIER CRU LES CHABOEUFS

NUITS-SAINT-GEORGES
PREMIER CRU LES CHABOEUFS 2021

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2021 2023

Varietal

100% Pinot Noir.

Tasting notes

Visual: Brilliant, deep colour.

Nose: Notes of ripe fruit.

Palate: Powerful structure combined with mineral notes and relatively assertive oak.

Food and wine pairing

Serve with cheeses, red meats, small feathered game, etc.

Serving suggestions

Serve ideally at a temperature of 18°C. approximately.

Ageing potential

This great wine will easily keep for around ten years in the cellar, in good conditions.

Origins

Nuits-Saint-Georges is the last appellation of the Côte de Nuits, cultivated around the town of the same name. It covers just over 300 hectares planted almost exclusively with Pinot Noir grapes, 47% of which are classified as 1er Cru.

The 2.8-hectare Nuits-Saint-Georges “Les Chaboeufs” vineyard overlies shallow, slightly pebbly clay-limestone soil. The grapes for this wine were grown on old vines using specific growing methods such as: high pruning of the vines, limited yields due to severe disbudding, green harvest if needed, growing crop cover between the rows of vines, little or no use of fertilizers, and environmentally friendly pest management that does not harm beneficial wildlife.

It is assumed that the name of this climat was inherited from the name of the former owners of the parcel, the Chabeufs.

Vinification and maturing

The grapes are carefully sorted at the time of harvest and again on the sorting table when they arrive at the winery. They are then 100% de-stemmed but not crushed and placed in vats by gravity. Maceration for 2 weeks in wooden vats. Vinification in wooden vats and ageing in oak barrels for 12 months (35% new barrels).

Vintage : 2021

The 2021 vintage was a challenge for winegrowers right up until the very last day. From the frost in April, made worse by a very early start to the winegrowing season, right through to the September harvest, it was characterized by some brutal shifts in the weather. Winegrowers had to be extremely reactive and attentive. The only moment of respite came with flowering, which was ideal for fruit formation, and véraison, which was accompanied by sunshine from mid-August. In the end, hard work was rewarded with success, low volumes aside.

Aside from the low yields due to frost, and hail in June in certain parts of the Mâconnais, the grapes were sorted meticulously, both in the vines and in the winery.
Anyway, 2021 is an interesting vintage to work as it requires great technical skill and vinification must be very precise. Although fermentation was rapid, one had to pay a great deal of attention to the extraction of tannins and colour for the reds, and to the aromatic balance of the whites. The impression from the first tastings is that the musts have good aromatic potential and the sugar-acidity ratio suggests a style appreciated by fans of Bourgogne wines.

Awards

16,5 / 20 - Bourgogne Aujourd'hui Magazine - August 2022

NUITS-SAINT-GEORGES PREMIER CRU LES CHABOEUFS 2021