2013 Nuits-St Georges Clos des Argillières 1er Cru Domaine Michèle ...

Glowing purple with superbly elegant fruit on the nose and a concentrated wealth of ripe red fruit, it is beautifully balanced and very long. A real treat. This vineyard has been in excellent form for the last few vintages.

Despite being a very late season, Patrice compares 2013 to the fruit of early vintages such as 2007 and 2011, but with more stuffing. It also reminds him of 1980, a particularly successful vintage Chez Rion. The 2013 crop is small, though, a touch more than 2012 but less than 2011. They employed two sorting tables, and since the grapes which reached the vats were all healthy, they used less sulphur during vinification.

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