2012 Nuits St Georges Les Porrets St Georges

Tasted blind at the annual "Burgfest" tasting in Beaune. The 2012 Nuits St Georges 1er Cru Clos des Porrets Saint Georges has a nose that you might describe as more generous in style vis-à-vis its peers, but there is plenty of red and black fruit here, very fine delineation and the oak is judiciously integrated. The palate is medium-bodied with supple, ripe tannins matched with a fine thread of acidity. This still feels primal, but there is class and elegance here, with just a dab of spice on the aftertaste. This has much more to give. My score tasted blind reflects more that this wine is at an typical awkward stage rather than its full potential at maturity, ergo the positive sign.

Bright cherry red and lovely bright pure red fruit on the nose. Firm but lively, dry, smooth tannins. Very nice harmony and length. (JH)

Good bright red. Superripe, slightly high-toned aromas of black raspberry and dark chocolate, plus a whiff of damp earth. Rich, sweet and large-scaled but a bit youthfully chunky and undifferentiated in the middle. Seems less refined than the Chenes Carteaux today, as well as more tannic. May be passing through an awkward stage.