eRobertParker.com August, 2013

The 2011 Nuits-St-Georges Aux Bas de Combe Vieille Vignes comes from a 0.45-hectare parcel of 65-year-old vines that, to quote Guillaume Tardy, is the “most Vosne-Romanee of Nuits-St-Georges.” It has one of the more intense, perhaps precocious bouquets in 2011 with lifted plush blueberry and dark cherry scents. The palate is very smooth and silky on the entry with well-integrated new oak giving it a glossy sheen without denuding it of terroir expression. It slips down the throat almost too easily?but that is not a bad thing when it comes to wine. Drink now-2019.

Outstanding Top value. Noticeable though not dominant wood spice hints blend with ripe, fresh and markedly earthy dark pinot fruit scents. There is a textured and very suave mouth feel to the extract-rich medium weight flavors that possess plenty of punch and excellent complexity, all wrapped in a long finish that combines power with a certain sense of refinement. Lovely stuff, particularly for the appellation. Drink: 2017+
-Allen Meadows, Burghound.com, Issue 49. Tasted: Jan 14, 2013