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Tasting Note: Les Allots Nuits-Saint-Georges by Henri et Gilles Remoriquet, Burgundy 2000
At my local wine shop, The Wright Wine Company, there is good selection of half bottles of wine. Due to my penchant for trying new and interesting things, and a tendency to spend more money per bottle of wine than most people I know, halves are a good bet. Drinking a half bottle over a couple of nights won’t leave me too squiffy and I can try something of a higher quality without watching all my pennies slip away.
On my last visit to Wright’s, I picked up a half of a 2000 vintage Nuits-Saint-Georges by Henri et Gilles Remoriquet. Thinking that this red would be ready for drinking was to underestimate it slightly. However, the tannins which were grippy and pronounced on opening, softened out after a day and the palate opened up to offer richer fruit flavours.
A very elegant, glossy garnet colour in the glass, Les Allots displays classic red Burgundy characters, with a light, juicy palate of red berries and a touch of minerality and white pepper spice. The faintest whiff of aniseed accompanies red currant and dried cranberry notes on the nose but there are some farmyardy aromas hiding, hinting that this wine has more to offer in time.
