2023 Nuits St Georges Clos de la Marechale

This is also quite aromatically pretty with its more deeply pitched nose of red and blue pinot fruit and ample earth influence. The equally delicious medium weight flavors possess an appealing succulence before culminating in a bitter pit fruit-inflected finish. Like the Chambolle villages, this too could use better depth but the quality of the underlying material appears to be up to the challenge.

The 2023 Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Clos de la Maréchale isn't quite as precise as its Chambolle siblings, revealing aromas of dark berries, smoked meats and orange zest, followed by a medium to full-bodied, deep and more structured, chalky palate.

The 2023 Nuits Saint-Georges Clos de la Maréchale ler Cru had just been racked. This has much more cohesion and brightness on the nose with pretty, finely delineated redcurrant and wild strawberry scents. The palate is well balanced with fine tannins on the entry, gentle grip and slightly piquant red fruit with a judicious touch of white pepper on the finish.