2012 Alain Michelot Nuits St Georges 1er cru les St Georges

As good as it gets!

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“The 2012 Les St. Georges from Elodie Michelot was singing every bit as much as the marvelous les Cailles at the time of my visit and this is a great wine in the making. The deep, pure and sappy nose wafts from the glass in a classic blend of cherries, red plums, a touch of blood orange, cocoa, nutskin, and a simply superb base of complex minerality. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and again, strikingly pure on the attack, with a bottomless core, ripe, very fine-grained tannins and outstanding length and grip on the perfectly focused and balanced finish. This is a very red fruity rendition of young Les St. Georges (more akin to the 2012 version at Domaine Chevillon than the more classically black fruity rendition chez Gouges) and is going to be a reference point wine from Domaine Michelot for decades to come! 2022-2060. 94 points” John Gilman