Nuits Saint-Georges 1er Cru Clos des Corvées Louis Jadot 1985
13%
0.75L
Intensity
A refined, characterful Nuits-Saint-Georges Premier Cru from Clos des Corvées, combining power and elegance with indulgent black fruit, violet and spice notes and a fine mineral backbone.
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Nuits Saint-Georges 1er Cru Clos des Corvées Louis Jadot 1985
The wine
The Nuits-Saint-Georges appellation comprises around twenty Premier Cru climats, including the Clos des Corvées, situated to the south of the village. This terroir has long enjoyed a strong reputation for producing powerful, age-worthy wines. The Pinot Noir vines face east and south-east on clay-limestone soils mixed with marl, gravel and iron-rich elements. After manual harvests, the fruit is vinified following traditional methods and a low-intervention approach. Fermentation takes place in stainless-steel vats with native yeasts over a four-week vatting period. The wine is then aged for 15 months in French oak casks, with 30% new wood.
The ruby-red hue shows garnet highlights. The nose offers black cherry, blackberry, violet and sweet spice, lifted by a mineral touch characteristic of limestone terroirs. The palate is generous and well structured, with firm yet elegant tannins leading into a long, persistent finish carried by black fruit and spice notes.
About the Producer Louis Jadot
Louis Henry Denis Jadot created his own house in 1859 at a time when winemaking was flourishing in Burgundy and the region was creating its structure. Quickly, he developed a bustling trade business with northern European countries, especially because his family was originally from Belgium. His son Louis-Jean-Baptiste followed him and developed the vineyard, while his grandson Louis-Auguste favoured exporting the wine to English-speaking countries after the war. In 1954, André Gagey joined the flourishing family business and took over the reins in 1962 following the premature death of Louis-Auguste. In 1970 - a significant date for the house - Jacques Lardière, a young œnologist, joined the team and gave the house the burst of energy it needed.
In 1985, Madame Jadot decided to ensure the company's financial future and sell it to the Rudy Kopf family, the long-time, US importer of the company's wines. Today, Thomas Seiter manages the famous house, located in the heart of Beaune. Along with Château des Jacques in Moulin-à-Vent and Domaine Ferret in Pouilly-Fuissé, Maison Louis Jadot has several other vineyards to its name, coving some 154 hectares of vines in Côte d’Or, the Mâconnais and Beaujolais. We can count 70 hectares in Côte d’Or which are essentially all grand and premier cru plots shared between Domaine Louis Jadot, Domaine Gagey, Domaine des Héritiers Louis Jadot and Domaine du Duc de Magenta.
