Jean Chauvenet Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru 'Les Perrieres' 2022

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Jean Chauvenet Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru 'Les Perrieres' 2022Les Perrires is one of those highly esteemed sites whose name frequently arises in discussions about the unjust absence of grand crus in Nuits Saint Georges. Domaine Chauvenet owns 0. 23 hectares here, and with this cuve we indeed see a delicacy and finesse unmatched elsewhere in the estates lineup. While less imposing in its structure and less powerful in its overall character, Perrires nonetheless offers a chiseled intensity typical of Christophes

full of dusty spice and with a vivacious sappiness that speaks of its low-yielding 50-year-old vines

So often the so-called “orange wines” seem to stand alone

and with a rambunctious bent to its tannins

This type of traditional

Beginning in 2018

with lees-stirring every two or three weeks as needed

this is wilder in character than the Vosne-Romanée

The grape composition is: Clairette 35% / Grenache Blanc 35% / Roussanne 15% / Bourboulenc 15%

and 5% Uva Rara) in heavily volcanic soil

Expressive in its youth but capable of significant positive development in bottle (like all of Christoph’s white wines)

Saint-Michel-sur-Rhône

This is to say that there is an extended cuvaison with stems included