Domaine Desertaux-Ferrand Nuits-Saint-Georges Premier Cru Les Saints-Georges AOP, 2019

Les Saint-Georges is the most highly regarded Nuits-Saint-Georges Premier Cru with many experts in support of it being raised to Grand Cru status. Saint-Georges is also one of the oldest vineyard sites, roughly one kilometre southeast of the town of Nuits-Saint-Georges. It is a gentle slope with deep soils made up of several different kinds of limestone with just the right amount of clay to provide hydration to the vines and good drainage. The town previously simply called Nuits, appended the name of its most famous and prestigious vineyard – Saint-Georges – to become Nuits-Saint-Georges in the 19th century. Other Burgundian villages which did the same include Puligny-Montrachet and Gevrey-Chambertin. The cru has a total of 7.5 hectares and Vincent has a plot of 0.62 hectares of 50-year-old vines. Red apples and cherries on the nose also show on the palate with sweet and bitter fruit flavours with almond.