- 95 points -

From a two-year old Taransaud barrel. Floral and fresh with pretty, juicy cherry and raspberry fruit. Good concentration and nice structure. Fine, direct and expressive.

- 94 points -

Extremely rich and opulent aromas with blueberries, orange peel and peach seeds. Flowers, too. Full and round, offering up rich tannins and a flavorful finish. Very persistent. 

- 94 points -

Faiveley is almost on its home turf in Les St Georges, which is situated close to its
headquarters in downtown Nuits. This is a very good example of the Premier Cru with Grand Cru aspirations, showing an appealing combination of grip, red fruits and tannic structure. There’s a freshness to the finish that bodes well for bottle ageing.

- 94 points -

The Faiveleys, whose roots are in Nuits, have the biggest holdings of this Premier Cru at two hectares. This is a classic expression of the village, with considerable amounts of firm, chewy tannins, compact dark fruits and a bloody, ferrous note.

- 93 points -

Cellar Sellection

Firm and structured, this wine offers dark tannins and concentration. It has the acidity of the year but with a solid texture. There are hints of the perfume and the delicious fruit to come, but they will take time to show.

- 93 points -

Red Dark tones of black currant, blackberry and violet mark this broad, muscular red, which is burly on the compact finish, with an earthy aftertaste.

- 93 points -

Black currant, cherry and raspberry flavors are framed by tobacco and spicy oak in this elegant red. Firms up, yet has the potential to come together quickly.

- 92 points -

Good bright, dark red. Pure aromas of rose petal and exotic Middle Eastern spices. Juicy and on the cool side, showing a distinctly incisive character and excellent lift to the perfumed red berry and mineral flavors. Still quite tightly wound and restrained. The impression of tactile minerality carries through to the aromatic, long finish.

- 90 points -

This holding is the largest for Faiveley in the village where they are based, totalling 1.69ha, with the oldest vines planted in 1945. In 2021 it delivered a wine of bright, fresh cherry aromas with an edge of rose petals and mineral, but nothing green or astringent. The texture is vibrant, yet there is rewarding density and good length. It is mostly destemmed and fermented on native yeasts with daily punching down before ageing 16 months in casks (half new)

(89-92) Points

There is excellent complexity to the well-layered nose of red pinot fruit, cherry, plum, earth and sandalwood. I very much like the mouth feel to the ripe and enveloping medium-bodied flavors that brim with dry extract that really coats the palate on the muscular and powerful finish. This moderately austere effort is old school in style and character and will definitely need time in bottle to become more civilized.

(91-94) Points

Good medium red. Aromas of black cherry, menthol and sweet oak, lifted by topnotes of rose petal and violet. A step up in flavor and depth from the foregoing Nuits samples, showing lovely cut and lift to the perfumed flavors of sweet black cherry and menthol. At once chewy and refined, finishing with ripe tannins, attractive salinity and lingering perfume.

(89-91) Points

(picked on September 27, the same day that Faiveley started harvesting its Pinot Noir on the Côte de Beaune): Good full red. Musky, reduced aromas of black raspberry and game; distinctly wild at present. Sweet but reticent on the palate, with flavors of strawberry, redcurrant, mocha and peppery spices a bit hardened today by unabsorbed CO2. Finishes firm-edged, with good length. In an awkward stage today, a touch rustic.

(91-93) Points

Bright ruby-red. Captivating violet and lavender lift to the aromas of black cherry, menthol and bitter chocolate. Juicy, energetic and sharply delineated, showing terrific thrust to its dark fruit, licorice and spice flavors. I would have picked this blind as a 2013. This will require at least several years of bottle aging.

(90-92) points

Reduction presently masks the fruit and renders the nose impossible to assess. As it virtually always is this is bigger, richer and more powerful with fine mid-palate concentration that helps to buffer the slightly firmer and more rustic tannins on the impressively complex and persistent finish. This is very Nuits in character and will need 10 to 12 years to arrive at its apogee.

(90-93) Points

A pretty if restrained nose speaks of various wild red berries, earth and once again sauvage nuances. The supple yet concentrated medium weight flavors possess both fine volume and detail on the punchy and lightly mineral-inflected finale that is less rustic than usual. What is entirely typical though is the expected aging curve as this is almost certainly to be extremely long-lived.

(89-92) points

Here too moderate wood sets off the more deeply pitched and more sauvage-inflected aromas of dark currant, violet and forest floor. The delicious and markedly intense medium-bodied flavors flash evident minerality on the moderately austere and lingering finale. Like the Damodes, this could use better depth, but more should reasonably develop with time in bottle.

(91-93) POINTS

Bright ruby-red. A touch of reduction to the aromas of black raspberry and menthol. A step up in richness and fullness from the foregoing Nuits-Saint-Georges examples, conveying sexy sweetness to its flavors of dark cherry and dark chocolate complicated by a hint of white fruits. In a sweeter, generous style in the context of the vintage, with the wine's big dusty tannins nicely supported by its relatively full body.

90-92

The airy and expressive nose is compositionally similar to that of the Damodes if perhaps with few spice elements. By contrast there is a bit more size and weight to the caressing medium weight flavors that possess a beguiling mid-palate texture though the natural rusticity of Porrets comes up on the nicely complex and lingering finish. This is very likely to tighten up considerably once in bottle so patience will be required here too.

(90-92) Points

No such reduction plagues the nose in this case as there is both good freshness and expressiveness to the array of red berry fruit, earth, sauvage and smoky hints. The appealingly textured, intense, detailed and vibrant middle weight flavors possess a completely different mouth feel while delivering a lingering, complex and more obviously austere finale. This too is very Nuits in style and will need a few more years of bottle age as the supporting tannins are markedly firm.