Clos de Vougeot Grand cru  2011

FAIVELEY

Clos de Vougeot Grand cru
2011

  • Sustainable
Country
France
Regulated designation
Appellation origine controlée (AOC)
Region
Burgundy
Subregion
Côte de Nuits
Appellation
Clos de Vougeot
Classification
Grand cru
Varietal(s)
Pinot Noir 100 %
Colour
Red
Sugar
Dry
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About this winery

Founded in 1825, Domaine Faiveley is one of Burgundy's greatest domaines. Originally the company was a classic negotiant business, based in Nuits St. Georges and engaged in the buying and selling of wine but not the production of it. After seven generations of steadily acquiring properties throughout the Cotes de Nuits, the Cotes de Beaune, Cotes Chalonnaise and now Chablis, the Faiveley family have established themselves as the most important vineyard owners in Burgundy, with 120 hectares of...

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Production notes

The hand-picked harvest goes through a short prefermentary maceration before being vinified in part in wooden tronconic vats. After the three-week vatting period, we use a vertical press to obtain very pure high-quality juices. The wine is then matured in oak barrels for 16 to 18 months, in 19th century vaulted cellars which provide ideal conditions for raising wines. The proportion of new oak, which is subjected to variations according to the vintage, represents on average two thirds of the cuvée. The barrels come from high-quality barrel makers and have been rigorously selected for their fine grain and light toast.

Tasting notes

An intense dark ruby colour. The nose has a complex bouquet of rose and violet aromas and fruity aromas, with a few subtle woody notes. The attack is round on the palate and then the tannins show their strength. This wine is well-structured and corpulent, with long-lasting aromas and is a fine representative of this famous Grand Cru.

Press reviews

Vinous

- 94 points -

Stephen Tanzer, January 2018 (Vintage 2016)

(Faiveley vinified the old vines separately but then assembled them with the rest): Bright ruby-red. Alluring floral nose combines blackberry, black raspberry, violet and licorice. A savory and rather refined young Clos Vougeot, offering subtle notes of dark berries, flowers and earth rather than this grand cru's more typical black cherry and herb qualities. Nothing rustic about this highly promising Clos Vougeot!

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Wine Advocate

- 92 points -

William Kelley, January 2019 (Vintage 2016)

The 2016 Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru opens in the glass with an attractive bouquet of dark berries, red cherries, smoked meats and rich, loamy soil. On the palate, the wine is medium to full-bodied, succulent but tight-knit, with a nicely concentrated core of sapid fruit, racy acids and fine-grained but youthfully chewy tannins. It's one of the more reserved wines in the range, but it also doesn't appear to possess the plenitude or completeness of Faiveley's most successful cuvées in the 2016 vintage.

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Jancis Robinson

16.5

November 2017 (Vintage 2016)

Cask sample. Light to mid crimson. Ripe and dark, almost a little savoury, but there’s lovely red fruit too. Dark-fruited and chewy on the palate, firm but rounded. Dark chocolate on the finish. (JH)

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