Domaine Jean Grivot’s Nuits-St-Georges 1er Cru Les Pruliers 2020 is a 100% Pinot Noir from a 0.76-hectare parcel planted in 1969, next to Roncière but on notably clay-richer soils. In this warm, early-ripening vintage, the wine leans into the cru’s natural structure and depth, while the domaine aims to keep definition and freshness through its cellar choices, including bottling with “550–650 mg/lit of CO2,” as reported by *Decanter*.

Aromatically, reviewers converge on dark, ripe fruit with savory undertones. *Decanter* (94 points—an excellent review) describes “plum and fig, with a suggestion of roast coffee and smoke,” and calls the overall feel “rich and hedonistic, yet the tannins are firm.” The same note underscores the year’s high ripeness: “some vines ripened grapes to 15% alcohol, the highest for the domaine,” which helps explain the wine’s breadth and concentration.

*Burghound* also awards an excellent 94-point barrel range (91–94), finding “slightly riper aromas of black cherry, raspberry and earth,” and praising “excellent delineation and vibrancy” through to a “chalky, palate drenching and youthfully austere finish.” That combination—ripeness matched by a strict, mineral-edged close—frames the wine’s most compelling feature: power without losing Nuits-St-Georges drive.

Not every taster finds the same precision. Neal Martin for *Vinous* (92; 90–92) notes it is “more confit on the nose, missing the delineation of other cuvées,” though he still calls the palate “fleshy and ripe” with “fine acidity” and a finish that remains “still pleasurable.” Jasper Morris (*Inside Burgundy*, 93; 90–93) similarly flags a “very powerful if slightly baked fruit… teeters on the edge,” while noting “plenty of acidity” and sugars that “reaching 14.5%” just before harvest.

Overall, Les Pruliers 2020 reads as a concentrated, dark-fruited premier cru with firm tannins, real energy, and the vintage’s ripeness clearly in view—rewarding for those who like Nuits with muscle and a serious finish.