Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er cru Aux Chaignots
2015
Fondé en 1825, le domaine Faiveley constitue une véritable entreprise familiale depuis de nombreuses générations. Les vins exceptionnels produits par la famille Faiveley représentent le fruit d’un profond respect pour l’environnement et d’un grand souci du détail, et ce, dans tous les aspects du processus de vinification. Le domaine Faiveley est situé en France, au cœur de la Bourgogne viticole, entre Dijon et Beaune, à Nuits-Saint-Georges. Historiquement établie dans la...
Concentrated and succulent, this is a really sophisticated Nuits-Saint-Georges with seductive, floral and spicy aromas and just a hint of sweet, vegetal aroma (from the stems of the 20 per cent whole bunches in the ferment). Very long, complete finish that suggests this has great aging potential.
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Unusually for a Faiveley red, this was made with 25% whole bunches, partly because of the presence of so many small berries (millerands) and the concentration and sweetness of the grapes. Orange peel, Asian spices and lots of volume: this wine is rich but structured at the same time.
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Almost a Vosne-Romanée” is how Erwan Faiveley describes this plush, textured red from
the northern side of Nuits-St-Georges. Whole bunch spice, the presence of lots of small,
intensely flavoured berries and supporting freshness and acidity are framed by subtle oak.
A wonderfully spicy and solidly complex nose offers up aromas of both red and dark currant aromas that evidence a touch of the sauvage, all of which is trimmed in just enough wood to notice. There is good richness but also good delineation to the delicious and lightly mineral-inflected flavors that possess a mouth coating finish. This well-balanced effort is very Nuits in basic character but with no overt rusticity.
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(this wine, as well as the Chambolle-Musigny Les Amoureuses and Musigny, was vinified with a percentage of whole clusters): Deep red-ruby. Black raspberry, blackberry and menthol on the nose. Sweet and floral but also incisive and energetic, even youthfully imploded, with dark berry flavors complicated by flowers and minerals and buttressed by a very strong impression of acidity. This juicy wine should be a very good ager.
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The 2017 Nuits Saint-Georges Aux Chaignots 1er Cru has a more cohesive, deeper bouquet than the Les Damodes, a mixture of red and black fruit, crushed stone and chalk. The elegant palate is well balanced with supple tannin, a fine bead of acidity and a touch of orange sorbet enlivening the finish. Excellent.
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(vinified with 20% whole clusters). A much spicier and more floral-suffused nose blends a touch of wood with aromas of red and dark cherry and earth. The refined, pure and energetic middle weight flavors possess good delineation on the youthfully austere and sneaky long finish. This will need to develop better depth to merit the upper end of my projected range but it is already certainly very pretty.
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(vinified with 25 to 30% whole cluster). An overtly spicy and floral nose combines a touch of wood with plum, blueberry and earth nuances. There is fine intensity to the relatively refined medium weight flavors that possess good drive and evident salinity on the austere and somewhat strict finish. This will definitely need at least a few years of age as it’s presently very tightly wound.
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This is the first wine to display much reduction and here it’s enough to dominate the nose. Otherwise there is lovely detail and verve to the medium-bodied flavors that exude a fine minerality on to the moderately rustic and attractively complex finale. This too should be approachable young if desired.
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