Domaine Henri Gouges - Nuits Saint Georges 1er Cru Les Vaucrains 2020
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 bottling at the property, a rare practice at the time. In the 1930s, when Burgundy appellations were first designated, he successfully campaigned against the designation of Nuits-Saint-Georges vineyards as Grands Crus when he was both mayor of the village and a designated member of the INAO. Today, the vineyards of Domaine Henri Gouges cover 14.5 hectares, including plots spread over seven Premier Cru classified sites . 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 name Bourgogne Blanc.
Les Vaucrains is a plot located at the exit of the Combe des Vallerots , right in the middle of the hillside and delimited on its upper part by the edge of the forest. This wine requires a dozen years before tasting, to take advantage of its full potential.
Grape variety: 100% Pinot Noir