Forey Pere et Fils, Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Les Perrieres, 1996 SO070526 Barret and a long

and a long

Les Castets displays the regional style of stone-rich clay and limestone soils

sourced from a high-elevation

own-rooted in the sandy soils of Colares

Drink over the next two or three years

Forey Pere et Fils, Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Les Perrieres, 1996 SO070526 Barret and a longThirty years on, this is Nuits Saint Georges as it used to be made and rarely gets drunk: a fully mature Premier Cru from a 0. 42 hectare parcel of Les Perrieres planted in the late 1930s. The Forey family's stewardship shows in the classic handling around 40% new oak, no tricks and in the austere elegance Nuits Saint Georges is known for. 1996 handed Burgundy a sunny, dry September with cool nights that locked in unusually high acidity, and the reds