Forey Pere et Fils, Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Les Perrieres, 1996 SO070526 Barret velvety finish and hints of

velvety finish and hints of licorice

Drink over the next two or three years

Compared to his Dundee Hills cuvee

it's focused

Les Castets displays the regional style of stone-rich clay and limestone soils

Forey Pere et Fils, Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Les Perrieres, 1996 SO070526 Barret velvety finish and hints ofThirty years on, this is Nuits Saint Georges as it used to be made and rarely gets drunk: a fully mature Premier Cru from a 0. 42 hectare parcel of Les Perrieres planted in the late 1930s. The Forey family's stewardship shows in the classic handling around 40% new oak, no tricks and in the austere elegance Nuits Saint Georges is known for. 1996 handed Burgundy a sunny, dry September with cool nights that locked in unusually high acidity, and the reds