Nuits-Saint-Georges
Premier Cru
"Les Terres Blanches" rouge

Terroir

Limestony and clayey with clay predominance. Plot of 0.77 ha (1.9 acres) located right up to the famous Premier Cru « Aux Perdrix ». We are in the South of the village of Nuits-Saint-Georges and these vines are planted on smooth south facing slopes.

Winemaking and Aging

Grapes are harvested by hand then sorted out and totally destemmed. Maceration is made and alcoholic fermentation lasts from 15 to 20 days in temperatures' control vats, with punching of the cap.
Aging is 100 % made in oak barrels (50% new oak) during 15 month. Malolactic fermentation is 100 % realized.

Wine is bottled in Traditional Burgundy bottles. The cork is marked with the estate's name and the vintage. Robert Vernizeau is the winemaker at Domaine des Perdrix for 16 years.

Tasting notes

Bright, intense, ruby colour.

The nose is intense and opens on black berries notes as blueberries and blackberries and mild-spices notes.

Attack on the fruit, our Nuits-Saint-Georges Premier Cru 'Les Terres Blanches' 2010is ample and intense. The wine reveals on the palate a pretty acidity with spiced notes. Long and persistant finish.

Food and wine pairings

The Nuits-Saint-Georges rouge Premier Cru 'Les Terres Blanches' 2010 will pair perfectly with rib-eye, or dishes with lamb as tajine with apricots, a lamb with crust ...

Service and cellaring

Temperature to taste: 13.14° C. To keep in cellar and taste from 5 to 8 years.

Art of tasting

Owning great wines in your cellar is not enough, you also need to know how to serve them.
Temperature is an essential element, around 53-57°F for the white and 55-59°F for the red. And if you don't have the right tasting glass which will amplify the wine's aromas, you may considerably reduce your tasting pleasure.
A great glass gives a large ventilation surface to the wine and a tightening neck, which allow the nose to grasp more casily the richness and the complexity of a great wine.