Domaine Henri Gouges - Nuit Saint Georges 1er Cru Clos des Porrets 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 Premier Cru Clos des Porrets-Saint-Georges is one of the few sites where Pinot Noir and Chardonnay are allowed to be grown together. It is in fact a small monopole enclosed within the largest Premier Cru Les Porrets-Saint-George vineyard. The monopole covers approximately 3.5 hectares.
Grape variety: 100% Pinot Noir