Berthaut-Gerbet Hautes Cotes de Nuits 2019 (750ML)

91 DE

Amélie Berthaut farms a large parcel of Pinot in Concoeur in the heights above Nuits-St-Georges, where she produces this lovely wine that shows great purity of cherry and rose petal-scented fruit. The grapes are destemmed and fermented in concrete before a short maturation in wood (one third in cask, two-thirds in foudre) for less than a year to produce this perfumed, elegant wine that is more about finesse than power. Drinking Window 2022 – 2027- Charles Curtis MW, Decanter.

The 2019 Bourgogne Hautes-Côtes de Nuits was completely de-stemmed and was the only cuvée already bottled in mid-August. It offers light brambly red berry fruit on the nose, touches of freshly tilled soil developing with time. The palate is medium-bodied with grainy tannins, classic in style with a "cool" tertiary finish. This is a nicely poised Bourgogne Hautes-Côtes de Nuits. -Neal Martin, Vinous Media