Domaine Henri Gouges - Nuit Saint Georges 2018
Domaine Henri Gouges is located in the town of Nuits-Saint-Georges, in Burgundy. The estate was founded in 1919 by Henri Gouges and continues to be owned and operated by the Gouges family. He was among the first producers to reject the Burgundian trading system then considered corrupt. Instead, from the 1920s, Henri Gouges devoted himself to estate-bottling, a rare practice at the time. In the 1930s, when the Burgundian appellations were first designated, he successfully led a campaign against the designation of the Nuits-Saint-Georges vineyards as Grands Crus when he was both mayor of the village and appointed member of INAO. Today, the vineyards of Domaine Henri Gouges cover 14.5 hectares, including plots spread over seven sites classified Premier Cru. Almost all wines are made from Pinot Noir, but a limited amount of white wines are also produced. A Pinot Blanc is produced under the generic Bourgogne Blanc appellation.
The Nuits-Saint-Georges Village is made with grapes from 7 plots : Les Plateau, Les Crots, Les Belles Croix, Les Fleurières, Les Brûlées and Les Chaliots. The majority of these parcels are located South of Nuits-Saint-Georges, on the hillside with deep soils,and composed of a mixture of clay, alluvium and limestone peebles. Only Les Crots is located at the top of the hill on thin calcareous brown soil. This wine requires a few years before tasting, to enjoy its full potential.
Grape variety: 100% Pinot Noir