Arlot, Nuits Saint Georges Clos Forets Saint Georges other_regions_italy balanced and youthfully austere finish

balanced and youthfully austere finish

Not very bordeaux – more reminiscent of some of the more ambitious Spanish reds at the moment

game and smoke hints

serious and complex finale that is also clearly built-to-age

it’s great to see Gaja’s daughters Gaia and Rossana increasingly involved in the winery

Arlot, Nuits Saint Georges Clos Forets Saint Georges other_regions_italy balanced and youthfully austere finish(from an enormous 7. 5 ha monopole planted in the early 1950s). A brooding but notably ripe nose of dark cherry and pungent earth aromas slides gracefully into strikingly rich and tautly muscular big bodied flavors that possess praiseworthy concentration. There is plenty of underlying tension and energy to the mouth coating and very serious finish that displays only a touch of rusticity. This overtly robust effort will, as is usually the case, require