Outstanding top value. There is enough reduction present to compromise a proper assessment of the nose. By contrast there is very good freshness to the vibrant and delineated medium-bodied flavors that possess fine mid-palate concentration as the dry extract really coats the palate and buffers the moderately firm tannic spine on the delicious if ever-so-mildly austere finish. As is often the case this is the best villages in the range in 2012 if only by a little. Drink: 2019+
-Burghound.com Tasted: Jan 15, 2014

eRobertParker.com December, 2013

The 2012 Nuits St. Georges Vieilles Vignes Bas de Combe has a more tertiary nose compared to Guillaume Tardy-s other 2012s: darker fruit, undergrowth, field mushroom and even a marine influence that might be enhanced after bottling. The palate is medium-bodied with crisp tannins. This is tightly wound, reticent, almost broody, but there is superb tension if not quite the persistency on the finish. This could be in a sullen patch, so it will be intriguing to reassess this later in January. I suspect will require four or five years in bottle.

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Reticent, hints of shy dark fruit but still attractively fragrant. Firm, juicy and moreish. Not a great deal of flesh but all in balance. Drink 2017 to 2023 (JH)