Opened a bottle of Domaine Prieuré Roch Nuits St. Georges V.V 1er Cru last night to find a Clos des Corvées cork in it. Thanks for the upgrade Prieuré Roch.
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2014 Domaine Prieuré Roch Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Clos des Corvées - France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru (12/6/2016)
There is so much whole bunch action on the nose. It smells of stems, rose petals, smoke, red berries and juniper. It is quite tart, skinny and skinsy in the mouth. The red berries have serious crunch and tannins are chalky. There’s some balsamic volatility and it finishes with plenty of tang. I enjoyed the wine but it won’t be everyone’s cup of tea.
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yep, Same thing happened to me with 3 bots of 99 Jadot VR, upgraded me to Les Rouges 1er. Apparently it may occur to satisfy orders. Clos des Corvees and Rouges are not top of the tree premier crus. Always good to fly business when you book economy.
Isn’t it possible - indeed likely - like an alternative cork was put in the bottle?
It is possible Maureen but as the Burgundians tend to label to order I suspect it is the other way around.
Yup, you need to cork in order to stack and lay down. Labels degrade in those conditions. For anything less than top tier 1er cru, trust the cork.
That was a nice little nothing you almost opened.
i feel it is unlikely what was in the bottle matched what was on the cork. the clos des corvees is one of the flagship wines of the estate and at minimum twice the cost of the standard 1er cru nuits.
Mr. Ristev,
You are quite correct that when seen from the point of view of consumer>>retailer>> distributor, it doesn’t seem to make much sense. The generic Nuits St. Georges premier cru etails for USD$120 less than les Clos Corvees (using 2013 vintage retail prices in France as the base).
But from the point of view of producer>>importer/distributor>>retailer it does make some sense. Remember that when bottling the standard way of organizing the wine in the cellar is by the cork. Then they are sorted and stacked with no labels and only a slate to mark the location. Most Burgundy producers rely on the cork to identify wine in the cellar. Labels, vintage bands and capsules come later.
So Prieure-Roch receives an order for the N-S-G 1er cru of 10 cases, but only has 115 bottles. It might cost the domaine $5 more a bottle to produce les Clos Corvees (perhaps from new oak treatment, etc), but any decent accountant is happy to have that money in the bank and those bottles off the books. And since the N-S-G 1er cru is merely the last pass through les Clos Corvees vineyard, there is no deception on the label. And the domaine would probably have little interest in reserving the N-S-G 1er in the domaine cellar for the same reason.
That would just be my guess. Personally I’d just like the chance to try one as the wine is never seen in the U.S.
i am aware of the protocol you described but it just seems unlikely. monsieur roch seems to hold his monopoles in very high regards and i couldn’t see him deliberately selling one of his top cuvees in place of a rather ubiquitous one.