Domaine Jean Grivot’s 2023 Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Aux Boudots is a Pinot Noir from one of the appellation’s most prized sites, a steep, stony slope at the northern edge of Nuits-Saint-Georges, right on the Vosne-Romanée border below Malconsorts. The domaine farms organically, de-stems fully, and typically aims for restrained oak influence, a house approach that favors clarity of site over overt winemaking signatures. Alcohol is listed at 13%.

In 2023, the wine also reflects a warm, generous Burgundy vintage where timing mattered. The Grivots harvested early to keep freshness, and the critics’ notes consistently describe a wine that marries ripe fruit with lift and a mineral-saline edge.

The strongest reviews are excellent across the board. Vinous rated it 93–95 in barrel, with Neal Martin highlighting a “complex bouquet” of “red and black fruit, potpourri, crushed minerals and light sea spray,” and calling it “the spiciest of Grivot’s NSGs,” finishing with “impressive mineralité” and focus. Martin notes the cuvée blends young vines planted in 2018 with older material that Mathilde Grivot believes “could be up to a century old.”

Burghound (92–94) was similarly enthusiastic, writing, “Aromatically this could pass for a Vosne and a good one at that,” citing “wonderfully spicy dark berry fruit and exotic tea,” and concluding, “the balance is pretty much perfect,” with “outstanding depth and length.”

Jasper Morris MW (91–94) describes it as “not one of the densest and most robust Boudots,” but with “a very considerable volume of fruit,” “good acidity,” and “a saline touch.”

Wine Spectator’s Bruce Sanderson scored it 93, calling it “high-toned” with black currant, blackberry, licorice, iron, and tobacco, plus “sandalwood and toasty oak,” and notes it is “deceptive in its subtlety,” best from 2029–2047. Only 75 cases were imported to the U.S. per the review.