Frederic Esmonin - Nuits-Saint-Georges "Hauts Pruliers" - 2025
Producer
Blend
100% Pinot Noir
Country
France
Region
Burgundy
Appellation
Nuits St Georges
UPC
0 15643 71131 2
Ageing
Aged in French oak barrels (approx. 20%–30% new oak) for 12–14 months.
Food pairing
Roasted duck, venison tenderloin, herb-crusted lamb chops, wild mushroom dishes, and aged Comte cheese.
Tasting notes
Deep ruby red with garnet reflections. Captivating and refined aromatics of dark red cherries, wild raspberries, crushed violets, clove, and subtle forest floor on the nose. Tense, linear, and structured with fine-grained tannins with a concentrated core of dark berries balanced by vibrant acidity and underlying stony limestone minerality on the palate.
Terroir
Appellation: Nuits-Saint-Georges AOC (Cote de Nuits, Burgundy).
Situated directly above the famous Les Pruliers Premier Cru vineyard, sitting atop a limestone quarry with stony, clay-limestone soils offering sharp drainage and tension.
Vinification
Hand-harvested with strict sorting. Short cold pre-fermentation maceration to extract pure aromatics and fruit focus, followed by precise, gentle pneumatic pressing.