Nuits St Georges 1er Cru Corvees Pagets, Arnoux

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Secret ancient-vine gem in the Arnoux lineup. Of course, those vines weren`t quite so ancient back in 1993. This is now fully mature, with the old Burgundy sous bois aroma and the material, both fruit and structure, having transcended its liquid state to become pure ether. There is some remaining plumminess but more in tone and hue than in actual fruit. I think I liked it better a couple years ago when it still had some fresher sweet berry to it, but it`s not like this is feeble or anything. It is still in healthy form and bold enough to show vestiges of the the muscular form Nuits was associated with at this time.