Domaine Louis Max
Les Damodes Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Pinot Noir
Nuits St. Georges, Côte de Nuits, Burgundy, France
This showed up in tonight’s blind tasting group in a flight of mystery wines at different price points and lucky me! I got to take the scanty remains of this home. I’d like to flatter myself that it is because I had really good tasting notes on it. Take a pencil and draw a cherry. Fill in the lines with pomegranate juice laced with vanilla.now purée the fuck out of it. Strain it. It will resist. It may be dainty but has a gentle but coercive grip going down. But you’ll decide pretty quickly you like it’s softcore top nature. It’s chiffon scarves on your wrists, not even silk. Maybe you wouldn’t mind a bit more actually. I think it needs a few years yet to find itself. But I am not complaining.
This showed up in tonight’s blind tasting group in a flight of mystery wines at different price points and lucky me! I got to take the scanty remains of this home. I’d like to flatter myself that it is because I had really good tasting notes on it. Take a pencil and draw a cherry. Fill in the lines with pomegranate juice laced with vanilla.now purée the fuck out of it. Strain it. It will resist. It may be dainty but has a gentle but coercive grip going down. But you’ll decide pretty quickly you like it’s softcore top nature. It’s chiffon scarves on your wrists, not even silk. Maybe you wouldn’t mind a bit more actually. I think it needs a few years yet to find itself. But I am not complaining.
May 30th, 2019
After 35 years of wine drinking, Nuits St. Georges remains my Eleanor. I have never had one that has lived up to this village's reputation. This one has a surprisingly light color for a NSG. Not showing much on the nose, some vague nice cherry, spice, and minerality, but you have to really focus to get it. Tight and lean in the mouth, with some hard tannin but very good acids. Will revisit tomorrow to see if it opens up and fleshes out.
NIGHT 2: It's a bit more fragrant with sour cherry, spice, and stony/chalky minerals. More demonstrative in the mouth too, but it's still lean and a bit shrill. Could use some more ripeness and depth.
After 35 years of wine drinking, Nuits St. Georges remains my Eleanor. I have never had one that has lived up to this village's reputation. This one has a surprisingly light color for a NSG. Not showing much on the nose, some vague nice cherry, spice, and minerality, but you have to really focus to get it. Tight and lean in the mouth, with some hard tannin but very good acids. Will revisit tomorrow to see if it opens up and fleshes out.
NIGHT 2: It's a bit more fragrant with sour cherry, spice, and stony/chalky minerals. More demonstrative in the mouth too, but it's still lean and a bit shrill. Could use some more ripeness and depth.
It’s wine! Typical barnyard characteristics but with some raisininess poking through due to age. Not mind blowing but as previously stated, it’s wine!
It’s wine! Typical barnyard characteristics but with some raisininess poking through due to age. Not mind blowing but as previously stated, it’s wine!
Dec 3rd, 2021
