Henri Gouges Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Clos des Porrets St-Georges Rouge 2016 750 ML

Etienne Grivot succeeded his father, Jean, in 1987, and today presides over 15 hectares of vines spread accross Nuits, Vosne, Vougeot and Ech?zeaux. This is one of the modern-day, benchmark Burgundian domaines. The estate?s densely-planted old vines (the average age is 40 years old) produce naturally-low yields and, together with Etienne?s organic approach to viticulture and sensible winemaking, result in vivid, pure, very well-balanced Burgundies. The wines are much more softly extracted than when Etienne first started, the winemaking is incredibly flexible, depending on the vintage, but usually only 5% of stalks are retained, and rarely more than a third of the barrels are new. A reference point for good Burgundy.