Henri Gouges Estate - Nuits Saint Georges 1er Cru Les Pruliers 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.
Les Pruliers comes from two plots located on the southern slope of Nuits-Saint-Georges, assembled during the winemaking process for a total surface area of 1.8 hectares. This Premier Cru extends in the middle of the slope between 240 and 260 meters above sea level, where there is a great complexity of rocks, from flat rock to scree coming from the top of the hillside. With vines with an average age of 50 years, the Premier Cru Les Pruliers is an intense and structured wine that has a good aging capacity.
Grape variety: 100% Pinot Noir