Nuits St Georges Les Murgers des Cras Vieilles Vignes Perrot-Minot 2016 (750ML)

89-92 Points, Stephen Tanzer, Vinous: "Bright, dark red. Lovely airy aromas of black cherry, dark raspberry and spices accented by a note of white flowers; these vineyards are all on the Vosne side of Nuits and it shows. Sappy and bracing in the mouth, conveying terrific inner-mouth tension to its black cherry and licorice flavors complicated by saline minerality. Finishes with a medicinal menthol reserve and building tannins that are a bit tougher than those of the estate's village wines." 11/17

90-93 Points, Allen Meadows, Burghound: "Firm reduction renders the nose tough to evaluate. On the plus side there is a lovely inner mouth perfumed to the tautly muscular and very punchy flavors that are at once robust yet reasonably refined thanks to the relatively fine-grain of the supporting tannins shaping the bitter cherry-inflected finish. This is quite firm but not rustic or even especially austere though with that said, this will need at least some bottle age to unwind and flesh out." #69 01/18