2022 Bourgogne Rouge, Terres de Famille, Domaine de la Vougeraie

Description

This principally comprises Hautes Côtes de Nuits (from Chaux and Nuits-St Georges) and around Gilly-lès-Cîteaux, with elements from Brochon, Prémeaux and Volnay. Everything is destemmed in the cuvée, and the fruit is red, crisp and croquante. The palate has delicious sapidity and even a twist of salinity.

Drink 2024 - 2029

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Colour Red

Sweetness Dry

Vintage 2022

Alcohol % 13

Maturity Ready - at best

Grape List Pinot Noir

Body Medium Bodied

Producer Domaine de la Vougeraie

Critics reviews

Neal Martin MW 83-85/100

The 2022 Bourgogne Rouge Terre de Famille has a light bouquet that needs more presence. The palate is a bit sharp on the entry, fresh with sour cherry and raspberry, and a little peppery on the finish. Fine.“We started the harvest on August 26 and finished September 13 at 38hL/ha,” Sylvie Poillot said with that permanent smile on her face. “All the whites and reds are matured in 20% new oak in 450-litre barrels for the former, using our own wood from the Citeaux forest. I think the two villages that excelled in 2022 are Vougeot and Chambolle-Musigny. The wines will be bottled early next year, and all the prices will be kept the same as the 2021s.”Drink 2024 - 2025Neil Martin, Vinous.com.com (January 2024)

Drink 2024 - 2025

Neal Martin MW, Vinous.com (Jan 2024)

Jasper Morris MW 86/100

The grapes come from the Hautes Côtes de Nuits and from Volnay, Premeaux, Gilly and Brochon. In bottle. A fine even red, a slightly smudged noise, slightly lacks definition. Then the wine pulls itself together more on the palate. All in red fruit, adequate acidity, medium length.Drink 2025 - 2027Jasper Morris MW, insideburgundy_com (November 2023)

Drink 2024 - 2025

Jasper Morris MW, InsideBurgundy.com (Nov 2023)

About this wine

Pinot Noir

Pinot Noir is probably the most frustrating, and at times infuriating, wine grape in the world. However when it is successful, it can produce some of the most sublime wines known to man. This thin-skinned grape which grows in small, tight bunches performs well on well-drained, deepish limestone based subsoils as are found on Burgundy's Côte d'Or. Pinot Noir is more susceptible than other varieties to over cropping - concentration and varietal character disappear rapidly if yields are excessive and yields as little as 25hl/ha are the norm for some climats of the Côte d`Or.

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