2020 Bourgogne Hautes Cotes de Nuits, Domaine Hudelot-Baillet
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2020 Bourgogne Hautes Cotes de Nuits, Domaine Hudelot-Baillet
Product Details
Vintage: 2020
Abv %: 13
Sub-region: Bourgogne
Region: Burgundy
Country: France
Colour: Red
Bottle size: 75cl
"The 2020 Bourgogne Hautes-Côtes de Nuits Rouge has a more powerful bouquet compared to the Bourgogne Rouge with cassis and violet scents bursting from the glass. The palate is well balanced with caressing tannins, fine weight and acidity, rounded with a touch of baking powder on the finish. Fine. 86-88 points" Neal Martin, Vinous.com------"A brooding and timid nose grudgingly reflects notes of dark currant, pungent earth and a whiff of spice. By contrast, there is fine verve to the delicious and intense middle weight flavors that exude a bracing salinity on the racy, refreshing and linear finish. One to consider. Outstanding. 86-89 points" Allen Meadows' Burghound
Producer Profile
Domaine Hudelot-Baillet, Chambolle-Musigny
This small 8-hectare domaine is based in the centre of Chambolle-Musigny and has excellent holdings in the premiers crus of 'Les Charmes' and 'Les Borniques', as well as a tiny parcel in the Bonnes Mares Grand Cru. Hâutes Côtes de Nuits is also a strength, with the vines lying on the hills above Chambolle itself. This reputation of the domaine is largely due to the efforts of Dominique Le Guen, who began working here in 1998, after a career in the French airforce, when his father-in-law was reaching retirement. At that stage, Dominique, a Breton by birth, had no winemaking experience. His first solus vintage was in 2002. The domaine was almost moribund when he took it on, but his meticulous, hardworking approach has made it "one to watch".
Dominique's winemaking approach includes destemming and cool maceration for the red wines, with punching down, remontage and delestage, to extract the supple tannins from the skins rather than the pips. The wines are aged in between a third and a half new oak.
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