Emmanuel Rouget, Nuits-St-Georges, Burgundy 2020 (Domaine Georges Jayer)

Domaine Georges Jayer, Emmanuel Rouget, Nuits-St-Georges, Burgundy, France 

WINEMAKERS: Nicolas and Guillaume Rouget

FARMING: Sustainable

VARIETIES: 100% Pinot Noir

VINEYARD/TERROIR: Blended from holdings in northern Nuits-St-George.

VINIFICATION: Destemmed and Cold macerated pre-fermentation. Wines are fermented in concrete vats before aging in barrel (partially new). Wines age 20 months before bottling. 

Tasting Notes: always ageworthy and structured, this is not your average village level wine. 

CRITICAL ACCLAIM: 

    2017

• 92 PTS, DECANTER
• 91 PTS, WINE ADVOCATE

    2018 

• 93 PTS, VINOUS
• 91 PTS, WINE ADVOCATE

2020:

• 91 PTS, BURGHOUND
  

The history of Domaine Emmanuel Rouget is forever tied to the famous vigneron Henri Jayer,  Emmanuel’s uncle. By the early 1980s, Henri had already become one of the most legendary winemakers in Burgundy, influencing a generation of young vignerons in Burgundy and around the world. Henri began to think about the future of his domaine and though he had two daughters,  neither of them was interested in making wine. In 1985 he took on his nephew Emmanuel Rouget as his protégé and began leasing some of his vines to him.

Over the years, Jayer gave up more and more vines to his nephew. In 2001, following his retirement, all of his vines went under the control of Emmanuel Rouget, including the Georges Jayer vines, which have been vinified in the cellar of Rouget since 2002. Since 2011, the control of the domaine has passed to Emmanuel’s two sons Nicolas and Guillaume. Nicolas keeps watch over the vineyards while Guillaume is principally in the winery.  

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