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| "Grégory Gouges has made some of the most elegant and beautiful examples of the 2015 vintage in the entire Côte d’Or."
John Gilman, View From The Cellar |
| | | | "Grégory decided to start picking on September 1st (one of the earliest in the Côte de Nuits) and consequently was able to bring in his entire range prior to the first day of rain on September 8th. The malolactics here were pretty early in general, as was the case in most cellars for the 2015s, and Grégory had racked several of the wines already in anticipation of earlier bottling, which was slated to start after the first of the year. As has been the case for the last several years, the fruit for the Bourgogne and Nuits-Saint-Georges villages was completely de-stemmed, whereas the Premier Crus included a percentage of whole clusters in 2015. Yields are once again very low in 2015 chez Gouges, with the average only 24 hectoliters per hectare, with the short crop attributed to both millerandage during flowering and the drought conditions of the growing season, which produced tiny berries, with thick skins and very little juice.
As Grégory Gouges noted, 'the yields were so short this year that we only produced a single cask of the Premier Cru of Chaines Carteaux to be bottled under this label, as we had to give eight or nine casks to the Nuits villages cuvée so that we would have enough Nuits AC to cover our markets.'
The wines are some of the coolest and classiest to be found in Burgundy this year, with alcohol levels between 12.8 and 13.2% and the wines simply exuding soil signature and beautifully pure, sappy black fruit. It is one of the greatest recent vintages from Domaine Henri Gouges, which is saying something, as this estate has been on an incredible hot streak over the last decade.
Do not miss these brilliant 2015s."
John Gilman, View From The Cellar |
| | | "Gouges noted that in 2015 the blend for this wine contains 40% from the 1er Cru Chênes Carteaux so that there could be sufficient volume for their markets. A background application of wood frames a similar if more complex and elegant array of ripe aromas. The sleek, round and delicious medium-bodied flavors possess lovely definition before terminating in a saline-inflected finish that is notably finer than it usually is. This offers simply terrific quality for its level and is highly recommended." Allen Meadows, Burghound |
| | "This is definitely going to be a year to buy the Nuits AC from Domaine Gouges, as the contribution of all that Chênes Carteaux into the blend has given this wine a really refined and classy personality right out of the blocks. Like the Bourgogne, this had already been assembled in tank for bottling early in the new year and was absolutely singing at the time of my visit, jumping from the glass in a blend of sweet dark berries, red and black cherries, cocoa, gamebird, a touch of bonfire and a beautiful base of soil tones. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied, refined and loaded with sappy fruit at the core, with lovely transparency and grip, fine-grained tannins and a long, energetic and very pure finish. A gorgeous villages."
John Gilman, View From The Cellar |
| | | Typically a cuvée of Plateaux, Belles Croix, Fleurières, Brûlées, and Chaliots - but in 2015 this also includes 40% ('8 or 9 barrels') of the Premier Cru Chênes Carteaux |
| ▪ "... Pure flavors of violet, blackberry and black currant. Shows fine depth and balance, with a terrific aftertaste echoing the dark fruit and upping the ante with a mineral element. Only 200 cases imported."
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Bruce Sanderson, Wine Spectator |
| | | "I feel that the opulence of the [2015] growing season combined with the intrinsic classicism of Gouges's style met at a happy equilibrium. There is density to these wines, yet not power — freshness from start to finish."
Neal Martin, Wine Advocate |
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