Philippe Pacalet, Nuits Saint Georges Aux Argillas

Philippe Pacalet, Nuits Saint Georges Aux ArgillasA cool, pure and ripe nose offers up layered aromas of dark pinot fruit, red currant, earth and plenty of floral elements. The vibrant, detailed and mineral inflected medium weight flavors possess a lovely midpalate mouth feel that contrasts moderately with the mildly rustic finale that is both sneaky long and beautifully complex. This is a relatively refined Nuits 1er that is built to age yet not especially austere and thus should drink well after

red and black fruits

and with great persistence that moves into a very savoury finish after all that primary ripeness

ripe and defined

Here the nose is more deeply pitched with notes of earth

generous yet silky texture is supported by finely-judged acidity

A much more deeply pitched nose of dark berry fruit

It was bottled in May 2022

900 cases made

The 2016 Shiraz Magill Estate aged in 100% new oak (70% French and 30% American)

While distinctly different from the Santa Cruz Mountain releases

this is aromatically completely different from the nose of the Clos des Forêts with a beautifully elegant and medium-toned nose suffused with highly spiced dark berry fruit liqueur

balanced and harmonious finish