Pale colour with some evolution. Jammy strawberry nose, indicating whole bunches, very pretty though. Lovely length here, middleweight plus, lifted strawberry fruit on the palate too and very persistent. Steadily fresher and less jammy with aeration.

Tasted blind at the Burgfest 2014 tasting, Vougeraie's 2014 Nuits Saint Georges 1Er Cru Clos des Thorey has a very intense bouquet with small red cherries (maraschino), wild strawberry and just a faint hint of boot polish. The palate is medium-bodied with sappy black fruit, rounded and smooth in texture, quite spicy toward the finish and blessed with quite a persistent aftertaste that gives away the whole bunch vinification. It does not quite possess the sophistication of the best Nuits-Saint-Georges from this vintage, but it does boast sheer drinkability. Tasted September 2017.- NM

Moderately saturated medium red. Higher-pitched on the nose than the village Chambolle, offering good mineral lift to the aromas of raspberry and spices. Lovely stony minerality further energizes the fine-grained flavors of cranberry and blood orange. This dry, classic, understated Burgundy has the energy to evolve slowly and gracefully in bottle. -- Stephen Tanzer