Domaine Henri Gouges - Nuits Saint Georges 1er Cru Clos des Porrets St-Georges 2022
Domaine Henri Gouges is located in the commune 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 then-corrupt Burgundian négociant system. Instead, from the 1920s onwards, Henri Gouges devoted himself to bottling on the estate, a rare practice at the time. In the 1930s, when Burgundy's appellations were first designated, he successfully campaigned against the designation of the Nuits-Saint-Georges vineyards as Grands Crus while he was both mayor of the village and a designated member of the INAO. Today, Domaine Henri Gouges' vineyard holdings cover 14.5 hectares, with parcels spread across seven Premier Cru sites . Almost all wines are made from Pinot Noir , but a limited amount of white wines are also produced.
The Premier Cru Clos des Porrets-Saint-Georges is one of the few sites where Pinot Noir and Chardonnay are allowed to be grown. It is actually a small monopoly enclosed within the larger Premier Cru Les Porrets-Saint-George vineyard. The monopoly covers approximately 3.5 hectares.
Grape variety: 100% Pinot Noir