Showing posts with label nuits-st-georges les chênes carteaux 1er cru. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nuits-st-georges les chênes carteaux 1er cru. Show all posts

22 January 2010

Gouges airs

Gouges 1998 Nuits-St-Georges Les Chênes Carteaux “1er Cru” (Burgundy) – Great galloping thunderstorms of sludgy tannin greet the unwary explorer, but after an hour – or three – there’s actually a slowly-maturing Burgundy in here somewhere. Gritty reddish-black aromatics are layered with grayish-black earth, but always there’s that dense tannin. (1/10)