The 2021 Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Les Damodes has turned out beautifully, bursting with aromas of plums, cherries, orange zest and spices. Medium to full-bodied, satiny and vibrant, it's pure and precise, with melting tannins and an enveloping core of perfumed fruit.

The 2021 Nuits Saint-Georges Les Damodes 1er Cru showed just a little reduction on the nose. This does not occlude the florality that ekes out with aeration (unsurprising given its location on the Vosne border). The palate is medium-bodied with quite racy tannins, a citrus-fresh Damodes, linear and maybe a little lean towards the finish but persistent in the mouth. Give it a couple of years in bottle.

Cask sample. Lighter nose than the Porrets and marked freshness and less obvious tannin. Quite a charmer already! (JR)