Famille Roux Nuits Saint Georges

The Nuits-Saint-Georges, which has the gleaming crimson highlights of the Pinot grape, veers sometimes towards an intense garnet hue or, when young, a bright cherry. Its aromas run a classic spectrum through cherry, gooseberry and blackcurrant to notes of underbrush, mushroom and spices (cinnamon). This is a big-hearted wine, powerful in the mouth, full and meaty, and its tannins (more conspicuously present in the younger wines) are well smoothed-down. Handpicked harvest and first fermentation in stainless steel tank during 15 days. Second fermentation in oak barrels (15% new casks). Maturation during 7 months in cellar for ageing, stored in barrels.