Top Vosne-Romanée & Nuits-St-Georges 2022 wines en primeur
Growers in Vosne-Romanée and Nuits-St-Georges were ebullient over their 2022 wines, and with good reason finds Charles Curtis MW.
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Best producers:
- Domaine de la Romanée-Conti (Vosne-Romanée)
- Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair (Vosne-Romanée)
- Domaine Anne Gros (Vosne-Romanée)
- Domaine d’Eugenie (Vosne-Romanée)
- Domaine Georges Mugneret-Gibourg (Vosne-Romanée)
- Domaine Thibault Liger-Belair (Nuits-St-Georges)
- Domaine de l’Arlot (Nuits-St-Georges)
- Domaine Henri Gouges (Nuits-St-Georges)
- Domaine Faiveley (Nuits-St-Georges)
Scroll down for tasting notes and scores for Charles’ top-scoring Vosne-Romanée & Nuits-St-Georges 2022 wines
Growers in Vosne-Romanée were ebullient at the results of the 2022 vintage. The best wines combine the richness of Morey and the perfume of Chambolle with a tannic structure that is supple yet still substantial.
The top wines from Vosne are rounder and more complete than anything else in the Côte de Nuits. Domaine de la Romanée-Conti qualified the harvest as ‘exceptional’, saying that the only comparable vintage in recent memory was 1959, while Comte Liger-Belair described the results as a mix between 2010 and 2015, noting that he has racked some of the smaller cuvées early to keep freshness in the wines.
There was less rain in Vosne-Romanée than in Gevrey, but the 75mm the vines received between 22 and 26 June nourished them through the next few weeks. A further 25mm that arrived on 15 to 16 August ensured that the vines did not shut down due to heat stress.
There was little or no pressure from disease, and sorting was necessary only to remove some shrivelled grapes.
Picking dates also varied slightly in Vosne; Michel Mallard, régisseur of the Domaine d’Eugenie, picked his Clos d’Eugenie on 26 August, while Jean-Nicolas Méo waited a few days longer, and Domaine de la Romanée-Conti and Domaine Mugneret-Gibourg both began on 1 September.
According to de Villaine, their harvest lasted almost two weeks because of the quantity of grapes, finishing on 13 September when they picked their vines in Echézeaux and Corton-Charlemagne.
In Nuits-Saint-Georges, growers found relief in the weather of 2022, which was less warm than it had been in 2020. In general, the wines were true to form, and many (particularly south of the town of Nuits itself) showed a characteristically rustic edge, adding complexity at the expense of the more polished patina north of town.
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The wines were often full-bodied and robust, but because of the heat, the majority were able to ripen the tannins, removing any astringency. Domaine de l’Arlot finished its harvest in August, opting for freshness, while at Domaine Henri Gouges, the harvest began the first week of September; both characterise the vintage as giving moderate yields and alcohol levels.
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