2016 | Domaine Perrot-Minot | Nuits St Georges La Richemone Ultra

Bright, dark red with ruby highlights. Sexy aromas of dark cherry, briary forest berries, Oriental spices, hawthorn and black pepper. Penetrating, firmly built wine with lovely inner-mouth tension and a distinctly savory quality to its flavors of berries, stone and rare steak.

Reviews:

• Wine Advocate: The 2016 Nuits Saint-Georges 1er Cru La Richemone Vieilles Vignes "Cuvée Ultra" has a mineral-driven bouquet, a mixture of red and black fruit suffused with flinty, slate-like scents. The palate is medium-bodied with supple ripe tannin, a fine line of acidity, fresh from the start but maintaining impressive elegance and poise right to the finish. This has great potential and it should age well for a couple of decades.

• Burghound: A densely fruited, ripe and exuberantly fresh nose offers up notes of cassis, plum, dark raspberry and a variety of spice nuances. The impressively concentrated broad-shouldered flavors possess a plush yet reasonably defined mouthfeel before culminating in a driving, focused and very powerful finish that seems to go on and on. This is a big wine where the abundant dry extract presently largely hides the firm core of supporting tannins but make no mistake, this will need plenty of time to reach its apogee. At the same time, the sheer density of the sap will allow this to be enjoyed young if that's your preference.

Producer Information

Domaine Perrot-Minot is a wine estate and négociant based in Morey-Saint-Denis, in the northern Côte de Nuits region of Burgundy's Côte d'Or. It makes red wine from Pinot Noir and has parcels in an array of Premier Cru and Grand Cru vineyards. The history of the domaine dates back to the late 19th Century and the marriage of Amédée Merme to Esther Morizot. Esther's parents both came from Burgundy wine families, namely the Sigaut family of Chambolle-Musigny and the Morizot family in Morey-Saint-Denis. The couple tended and developed the estate inherited by Esther which adopted the name Domaine Merme-Morizot. The second generation took over after World War II and increased the domaine's vineyard holdings, acquiring parcels in what would come to be considered some of the best in the Côte d'Or. Henri Perrot-Minot married Marie-France, granddaughter of Amédée and Esther in 1963 and eventually the two took over running the winery. The domaine name changed accordingly, becoming Domaine Perrot-Minot. In 1993, Christophe Perrot-Minot took over from Henri and Marie-France and in 2000 the estate also acquired Domaine Pernin-Rossin and its holdings. In 1999, the domaine began working as a négociant as well, making wines from the fruit of partnered vineyards, including several grand cru sites in Gevrey-Chambertin. In the past, Perrot-Minot used several different labels, carrying either the name Henri Perrot-Minot, or that of his son, Christophe Perrot-Minot. This has been consolidated so that all the estate wines are labelled Domaine Perrot-Minot while the wines made as a merchant merely state Perrot-Minot. Domaine Perrot-Minot makes wine from seven grand cru vineyards, notably Chambertin, Clos-de-Bèze and Clos de Vougeot, as well as an array of premier crus. The yields are tightly limited and green harvesting is practiced in specific parcels so that some vines produce as few as five bunches of grapes. The domaine tends exceptionally old vines, including some over 100 years old, and makes two 'ultra' cuvées from the most venerable plants in the premier crus La Richemone and La Combe d'Orveau. A recent change to the aging utilizes less new oak than it has in the past, with the grand cru and premier cru wines typically seeing just 30 percent new oak. All the wines spend the rest of their aging spread evenly between one- and two-year-old barrels.

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