Nicole Lamarche, Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru 2019 Big Basin more brooding

more brooding

50% Chardonnay from the Cote de Bar with zero dosage aged partly in oak and partly in amphorae

This wine with its deep garnet red colour with black gleams offers a nose of black fruit and spice

body and minerality

black pepper

Nicole Lamarche, Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru 2019 Big Basin more broodingNicole has three parcels within this grand cru, one in the northwest corner (where everyone wants to be) tucked up next to Musigny. In 2019 she vinified all three separately, which helps add complexity and layers to the finished wine. This is spicy and deep, with some sinewy muscle flexing underneath the berry fruit and savoury tannins. An outstanding Clos de Vougeot, so long and refined, but with some power beneath.