cross that off the bucket list—a mature Gouges. The 93 les St. Georges was full of tertiary notes, mushroom, sous bois, firm but ripe tannins, good density and still a bit of fruit. All in all a solid Nuits. I Nuits’d come around eventually! Sort of like old Faiveley or Dunn Howell Mountain.
I have a bunch of the '04 (I know it was a bad year) that were down the drain awful until the last few years. Still not wonderful but certainly drinkable. Maybe in another 10 years they will be wonderful??
Maybe I’ll get to drink my 2002-2003 one day…
On the bright side since Antoine (son) came back, the wines really changed and I strongly encourage you to taste the latest vintages (2017 on, maybe 2016 TBC).
I would agree. I had the first of my 6 in 2003, and it was primary and backwards. My most recent one in 2019 was singing. Unfortunately I only have one left.