Domaine Forey Pere & Fils Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru 'Les Perrieres' 2019

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Domaine Forey Pere & Fils Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru 'Les Perrieres' 2019In this, one of the great vineyards of Nuits, the Forey family has owned 0. 42 hectares of vines for many generations. The vines were planted between 1937 and 1942. This cuve, for us, has been consistently outstanding, never being anything but excellent for the forty plus years we have been purchasing it, since 1980.

bottled straight from tank without any added sulfur

The oldest parcel was planted in 1942 and the major portion of this wine is from vines in excess of 40 years of age

with an average vine age of 20 years

Sourced from a high-altitude site near Les Rieux in which Gilles owns 1

unfined and unfiltered

and it spends one year aging in previously used 300-liter oak casks

strikingly intense in its minerality

This cuvée is produced from very old vines (between 70 and 100 years of age)

2 grams per liter

Nathalie’s 0

“Clarendon” sits easily alongside the Bandol from Château Pradeaux or the Palette from Château Simone as a rosé that is flattered by a bit of bottle age

and bottling takes place without filtration

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