Roche Bellene, Nuits Saint Georges Aux Boudots Brut Zero Strong wood and menthol characters

Strong wood and menthol characters bury the fruit at present

while bold

The middle weight flavors exude a really beguiling inner mouth perfume and flashing a plenitude of minerality on the focused and almost painfully intense bitter cherry pit-infused finish that leaves no doubt that this beauty is built-to-age for the long to even very long-term

123 ha parcel of 80+ year old vines situated mostly in terres blanches

Roche Bellene, Nuits Saint Georges Aux Boudots Brut Zero Strong wood and menthol charactersThis is very much in the half Nuits half Vosne model of a classic Boudots where the Vosne spice shows up on the ripe nose and the Nuits character shows up on the muscled flavors. But here the tannins are relatively refined and not really all that rustic; indeed the mouth feel is a good deal more sophisticated than the Vaucrains. I very much like this as its powerful, concentrated, balanced and beautifully persistent. (91 93) 2022+