2021 Nuits-St Georges, Aux Bousselots, 1er Cru, Domaine François Legros, Burgundy

The 2021 Nuits Saints-Georges Aux Bousselots 1er Cru has a fragrant bouquet with vibrant red cherries and crushed strawberry fruit, very pure with touches of mandarin and truffle. The palate is well balanced with supple tannins, black and red fruit intermixed, quite briny towards the finish and more-ish, just missing the finesse of some of Legros's other cuvées.

This is my second visit in a year to this Domaine based on the outskirts of Nuits Saint-George. Newbuild homes are surrounding François Legros’s winery, thankfully not impeding on any sacred vineyards. “The whites are vinified in stainless steel but transferred into barrel halfway through the alcohol fermentation,” Legros tells me. “They are matured in 30% new oak, and the rest one and two years old. I started the picking on 21 or 22 September.” The standout in 2021 is a wonderful Chambolle-Musigny Les Noirots and Morey-Saint-Denis Millandes. The already bottled whites are generally fresh and approachable, particularly strong in Saint-Aubin.

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