Louis Boillot, Nuits-Saint-Georges, Les Prulieres 2017 LOIRE LUXE sous-bois and tar

sous-bois and tar

Merlot and Malbec are aged 21 months in (50% new) French oak

Rich and well-integrated oak though there's lots of spice all the way through

The 2009 Chateauneuf du Pape (80% Grenache

Best from 2015 through 2025

Louis Boillot, Nuits-Saint-Georges, Les Prulieres 2017 LOIRE LUXE sous-bois and tarImporter's note; Nuits Saint Georges has a reputation for robust wines with coarse tannins, but there are plenty of exceptions to the rule. Take Pierre Boillots Les Pruliers, which is quite the oppositeits floral, finessed, and delicately detailed, thanks to vines that are more than a century old, planted in 1911. In its youth, budding aromatics of rose and black cherry stand out, but over time, it will mature into a woodsy, truffled beauty with a