2016 Domaine Arnoux-Lachaux Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru "Clos des Corvées Pagets"

“The 2016 Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Clos des Corvées Pagets is also quite youthfully reticent at this stage, unwinding in the glass with a lovely bouquet of raspberries, dark chocolate, candied peel and rose petal. On the palate, it's medium to full-bodied, deep and concentrated, with considerable amplitude and dimension, its fine but chewy structuring tannins largely concealed by a vibrant core of fruit. (WK)” (01/2019)

“Reduction overshadows the underlying fruit at present. On the plus side there is both excellent intensity and energy to the overtly mineral-inflected flavors that reflect a sleek muscularity on the rustic and more tightly wound finale. This is a classically styled Nuits that will require at least a few years of cellar time first.” (01/2018)

“The Clos des Corvées Pagets opens in the glass with lovely notes of strawberry, blackberries, dried ceps and meaty soil, followed by a fine-grained, full-bodied wine with a nice juicy core of fruit. Its tannins are notably suppler than those of the Nuits Procés. (WK)” (10/2017)

“The 2016 Nuits Saint-Georges Clos des Corvées Pagets 1er Cru comes from 70-year old vines and includes 100% stems. It has a highly perfumed bouquet with dark berry fruit, smoke, bay leaf and a whiff of chalk dust. There is almost a pastille-like purity here. The palate is very well balanced with fine tannin, and blackberry mixed with brown spice and a touch of clove. Quite complex with superb persistence. Very classy. (NM)” (03/2018)