Lucien Le Moine, Nuits Saint Georges Cailles Size:6x750ml spicy with ultra-ripe wild berry

spicy with ultra-ripe wild berry fruits that saturate

With mature

Carefully selected material from Burgundy was grafted onto extremely low-vigour rootstocks to limit the yield and intensify flavour

menthol and cigar box over a core of crème de cassis

The current release is the 1997 Gran Reserva 904

Lucien Le Moine, Nuits Saint Georges Cailles Size:6x750ml spicy with ultra-ripe wild berryA very ripe nose offers up aromas of roasted plum, cassis and spice. The medium bodied flavors are not particularly dense (though neither are they dilute) while the lightly mineral suffused finish is grippy, drying and a bit short. I fear the hail damage explains the raspy tannins.