Domaine Jérôme Chezeaux - Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er “Rue de Chaux” 2021 (750ml)
Price: $128.99
| Producer | Domaine Jérôme Chezeaux |
| Country | France |
| Region | Burgundy |
| Varietal | Pinot Noir |
| Vintage | 2021 |
| Sku | 201657 |
| Size | 750ml |
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Domaine Jérôme Chezeaux Description
The Chezeaux domaine was built on the foundations of an estate owned since 1930 by Julien Missery. Bernard Chezeaux acceded to the ownership of the domaine in 1971 selling most of the wines produced there to negociants during his reign. On his untimely death in 1993, his son, Jérome, took over the direction of the domaine and it was at this moment that we made Jérome’s acquaintance. It was a fortuitous encounter as our collaboration meshed perfectly with Jérome’s intention to increase the amount of wine bottled at the estate.
The estate, which is based in Prémeaux-Prissey just south of Nuits Saint Georges, owns approximately 12 hectares of vineyards, some of which were brought into play from the family holdings of Jérome’s wife, Pierrette. The vineyards, impeccably tended according to the principles of “lutte raisonnée”, are scattered throughout the villages of Prémeaux, Nuits Saint Georges, Vougeot and Vosne Romanée and include, as mentioned above, a series of the most elite lieu-dits in the zone.
The Chezeaux house style is difficult to pin down, and in fact even to call it a “style” suggests a certain presence of ego that is not there. Always fully ripe, the wines nonetheless never display a wisp of flab even in the warmest of vintages; they offer the distinct impression that the grapes were harvested at the most perfect possible moment. They are graceful yet not exactly polite; always thoroughly extracted but never pushed. Jérôme and Lyse allow Pinot Noir’s innate silkiness to carry the day, and even in the ripest years they carry an acidity which is noble and true, never masked by undue richness, and always lending the fruit mouthwatering crunch.
Located almost dead-center in the appellation, Rue de Chaux is perhaps the most quintessentially “Nuits-Saint-Georges” among Chezeaux’s premier crus. Jerome owns a mere 0.29 hectares in this steep, topsoil-deficient vineyard, and his ever-elegant touch yields a wine of both grace and power.
Tasting Note: Darkly fruited, dense, and slightly brooding, it also offers an enchanting savory-spicy perfume.
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