Tasting Notes
Vinous 93
The 2021 Nuits Saint-Georges Les Pruliers 1er Cru comes across a little muted on the nose compared to its peers, maybe just a little subdued, though it will open with bottle age. The palate is medium-bodied with chalky tannins, citrus-fresh with a little more weight towards the finish. This conveys perhaps the most energy from Gouge’s white 2021 with fine persistency on the aftertaste. Classy. It was complicated due to the April frost, though we did not have too much damage, Antoine Gouges tells me. We lost 15-20% as we prune very late, the second [pruning] at the beginning of March. I think this had an impact. It was a cooler season than normal. We de-leafed to improve aeration as there was a big oidium pressure at the end of the season on the leaves, which is uncommon. We started picking on 17 September with the whites and finished on 23 September, with the average yield around 25hl/ha – not so bad and better than in 2020. The grapes were good quality with just a bit of sorting. I think it s a more classical vintage with nice concentration and energy. I knew the vintage was more delicate, so we were soft with the punch-downs and pumping over, working by infusion in order not to extract big tannins, focusing more on the finesse and the silkiness. We used a low amount of SO2, less than half what we once used. We decided to keep the freshness, so we bottled many of the wines in August. Price History Price history data unavailable. Prices & Retailers – By Neal Martin on November 2022
Anticipated maturity: 2024-2038
