Domaine de l'Arlot Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Mont des Oiseaux 2022

Domaine de l'Arlot Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Mont des Oiseaux comes from the vines at the very top of the Clos de l'Arlot monopole.

The cuvée takes its name from the little passageway at the head of the vineyard, where the birdsong from the forest above carries down over the vines. This is a particular pocket of terroir within the clos: steep, with a mix of white and pink limestone and a chalky clay topsoil that is thinner than the ground lower down. Those upper vines, around 20 years old, ripen a few days ahead of their counterparts on the clay-richer soils at the bottom of the site, which is why the domaine picks and bottles them separately. The Prémeaux limestone at this end of Nuits-Saint-Georges gives wines of perfume and finesse rather than the sinew usually associated with the appellation, and the house style under Géraldine Godot leans further in that direction.

Drinking from three or four years and holding a decade. Serve at 16-18°C with roast quail, veal or a plate of charcuterie.

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