Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er cru Les Saint Georges 2017

FAIVELEY

Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er cru Les Saint Georges
2017

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$258.76*

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Product code
452701
Format
6 x 750ml
Listing type
Speculative
Status
Unavailable
Type of product
Still wine
Country
France
Regulated designation
Appellation origine controlée (AOC)
Region
Burgundy
Subregion
Côte de Nuits
Appellation
Nuits-Saint-Georges
Classification
1er cru
Varietal(s)
Pinot Noir 100 %
Colour
Red
Producer's website

About this winery

Founded in 1825, Domaine Faiveley is one of Burgundy's greatest domaines. Originally the company was a classic negotiant business, based in Nuits St. Georges and engaged in the buying and selling of wine but not the production of it. After seven generations of steadily acquiring properties throughout the Cotes de Nuits, the Cotes de Beaune, Cotes Chalonnaise and now Chablis, the Faiveley family have established themselves as the most important vineyard owners in Burgundy, with 125 hectares of...

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Press reviews

Decanter

- 95 points -

Tim Atkin, November 2018 (Vintage 2017)

This is a négociant cuvée of Les St-Georges, although it includes around one-third of the Faiveleys' own fruit. It's fresh, balanced and will be ready to drink comparatively young - not always the case with this premier cru. It displays appealing freshness in a medium body, with scented wood, 40% new, and a bright, focussed aftertaste.

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James Suckling

- 94 points -

James Suckling, February 2019 (Vintage 2017)

A concentrated but rather closed wine with serious structure and plenty of earthy character that will need some time for the tannins to harmonize and for the fruit to open up. Try it in 2023.

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