The 2018 Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Aux Boudots was showing brilliantly, soaring from the glass with aromas of plums, cherries, smoked meats, spices and rich soil tones. On the palate, it's medium to full-bodied, velvety and enveloping, with ripe tannins, lively acids and a fleshy core of expressive fruit.
Issue: 78
Tasting note: Firm reduction allows nothing but discreet spice elements to be discerned. By contrast there is very good energy to the fleshy and rounded yet powerful medium-bodied flavors where the supporting tannins seem to be slightly more phenolically mature with a corresponding improvement in the sense of balance.
