Domaine Jean CHAUVENET (Nuits-Saint-Georges) -- 2018 Tasted from Barrel

(Please see my overview of the 2018 vintage in the Côte d’Or here.)

Christophe Drag said that he started harvesting on 8 September and until 12 September the sugars (and hence resulting alcohols) were correct; after that date, the sugars rose very fast, and so he sold off all that was harvested after the 12th. All grapes were destemmed. About 20% new oak in the village wines, 20-30% in the premier cru wines. Malolactic fermentations finished in June and July.

The vines here were affected by the first (15 July) of the three hails that hit Nuits-Saint-Georges in 2018, but the vines in the Rue de Chaux vineyard and all on the Côte de Vosne were spared; thus, it was Les Poulettes, Perrières, and Vaucrains that suffered from the hail, resulting in a loss of 1/3 of the crop in those vineyards.

This is an fine selection of wines, worthy of your consideration should you come across them.