Sylvain Cathiard, Nuits Saint Georges Murgers Vintage:2020 in the (rightly named) Unico

in the (rightly named) Unico method (72 months’ oak)

An exuberantly spicy nose is composed almost exclusively of various very ripe dark berries and exotic tea scents

This is a dazzling effort

There is ample structure here as well though it’s largely buffered by all of the mid-palate extract and I particularly like the depth

and the tannins are full and structured

Sylvain Cathiard, Nuits Saint Georges Murgers Vintage:2020 in the (rightly named) Unico(from a . 47 ha parcel of 65+ year old vines). There is enough reduction to render the nose difficult to evaluate though it does seem ripe. Otherwise the restrained medium weight flavors possess excellent structural ripeness as well as fine size, weight and power on the intense, harmonious and mouth coating finish. This concentrated effort is a classic Murgers of muscle and power but no rusticity. (91 93) 2026+