2020 Domaine Aegerter Nuits Saint Georges Premier Cru Les Chaboeufs

2020 Domaine Aegerter 
Nuits Saint Georges Premier Cru 
Les Chaboeufs

Domaine wines are personally handled by Paul Aegerter himself, thus quality are normally very decent. Les Chaboufs is a Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru vineyard in Cote de Nuits, a very small plot of only 2.8 hectares, thus production is limited. The wine is aged in oak barrels, 30% of which are new, for 10 to 12 months. Bouquet is definitive fresh strawberries along with floral notes and a great perfume nose. I find the content very interesting, with two very prominent characters. Firstly, it’s a very seductive wine with great finesse. Secondly, the fruits are bigger than a usual premier cru with good structure, ripe but fresh cherry fruit is a definitive character, along with very fine tannins. I must confess it’s a blend of the best of both worlds with such bipartisan characters, quite an unusual premier cru.