Nuit Saint Georges Les Argillats Pinot Blanc AOC 2010, Domaine Guyon
Exceptional vintage from one of Burgundy's finest Domaine. Jean Pierre and Michel Guyon are making waves across the world with their traditionally made fine Burgundy wines. Very limited stock.
Of the 2014 vintage:
Domaine Guyon Nuits St Georges Blanc Les Argillats 2014 Burgundy, France
Complex, refined and quite powerful. Lively and spicy with nice definition, showing ripe pear with a hint of peach, but always in a nice tension. Combines richness and freshness, with nice minerals and spices. 94/100 Wine Anorak.
In the Glass
Pale gold colour, heady with brioche, honey and white flower aromas. Complex, mineral palate infused with dried fruit, nuts and notes of passionfruit. Well balanced with a long, multi layered mineral finish.
Fourth generation winemakers of excellence farming only 8 hectares using traditional, chemical free, organic, biodynamic agriculture.
Vines are pruned as near as possible to budding time to respect the sap flow, the surface of the soil is ploughed, excess budes removed, the vines deleafed in a green harvest and the canopies tied to permit air and light to circulate freely.
plough the surface of the soil, remove excess buds, deleaf and tie the canopy up to permit air and light to circulate, a nd to limit entanglements in the vegetation.
Guyon takes into account lunar cycles at all points of the life cycle of the vines as well as adhering to the biodynamic principals governing specific times to work on the fruit, flowers, roots or leaves. The Nuit Saint Georges Blanc is fermented in temperature controlled stainlees steel tanks and aged for 10 months in French oak.
About the vineyard
Exceptional Burgundy vineyard managed by Jean-Pierre Guyon according to organic and biodynamic principles. His work on the vines is second to none and he's fast becoming a name to watch.
