Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Aux Perdrix Les 8 Ouvrées Perdrix (Domaine des) 2009

Domaine de Perdrix owes its name to the Nuits-Saint-Georges Aux Perdrix Premier Cru, which is run soley by this domain. This is one of the first vineyards that the Devillard family owned along with the Château de Chamirey and Domaine de la Garenne and Domaine de la Ferté in Burgundy.
As well as superb plots in Côtes de Nuits and Nuits premier crus, the domain produces Vosne and Echézeaux wines. Since the Devillard family took over the domain in 1996, the wines have continued to gain in definition. The family made wise choices such as installing a cooler cellar to allow longer ageing periods with fewer toasted barriques.
The yields are low, the maturity is optimal and the sustainable farming is remarkable. The domain's red wines are powerful whilst still very refined, and they have remarkable ageing potential.

This wine comes from Domaine des Perdrix's famous plot of the same name. It originally covered an area of 8 ouvrées. An ouvrée is a Burgundian unit of measurement (corresponding to 4.28 ares). Produced from old vines, it is sumptuous, grown in clay soil that yields a wine which is dense and full bodied in its youth, developing towards great distinction after a few years' aging.