En Primeur | Domaine Faiveley

The Faiveley family have a long history in Nuits St Georges, dating back to 1825. From this time, they have been one of the most influential names in the Côte d'Or. Today the estate is in the hands of the 7th generation; brother and sister Erwan and Eve. Each generation has had a significant impact on the family business, acquiring land and developing their wines. Today the family own an extraordinary 120 hectares from Chablis (Domaine Billaud-Simon) through the Côte d’Or and into the Côte Chalonnaise. 

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2021 Nuits St Georges 1er Cru Les Damodes Domaine Faiveley

£456.00 In Bond
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Availability: En Primeur Status: Released Size: 6x75cl Qty: 3 £456.00 In Bond Status: Released Qty: - £566.44 Inc VAT

  • Goedhuis, December 2022

    One of Nuits’ most northerly climats, on the high slopes adjoining Vosne Romanée, Les Damodes offers a superb contrast to the more muscular Les St Georges. Maraschino cherry and cranberry, bright, pure and racy, the sweetness of fruit is a perfect foil for tensile mineral drive. This is full of energy and life.

  • Neal Martin, January 2023, Score: 90-92

    The 2021 Nuits Saint-Georges Les Damodes 1er Cru showed just a little reduction on the nose. This does not occlude the florality that ekes out with aeration (unsurprising given its location on the Vosne border). The palate is medium-bodied with quite racy tannins, a citrus-fresh Damodes, linear and maybe a little lean towards the finish but persistent in the mouth. Give it a couple of years in bottle. Drink 2025-2040.

  • Burghound, January 2023, Score: 89-92

    There is enough wood framing the spicy and mildly exotic aromas of tea, orange peel and both red and dark pinot fruit. I very much like the texture and energy of the medium weight flavors that offer good length if only average depth at present though more should develop with a few years of keeping. Drink 2029+

  • Jasper Morris MW, November 2022, Score: 90-93

    A notably brighter colour, closer to purple, with the fruit much more present. Robust raspberry, slightly fresher redcurrants too, correct fruit acid balance and the oak not too prominent. Good depth behind. Drink from 2027-2033.

More About Domaine Faiveley

This includes an eye-watering 12 hectares of Grand Cru and 27 hectares of 1er Cru. Eve and Erwan’s legacy is going to be exciting; they have already overseen the purchase of two domaines in the Côte de Beaune, including a parcel of Grand Cru Bienvenues and Bâtard Montrachet, as well as vineyards in Volnay and Pommard, and a further 20 hectares in Gevrey Chambertin, including Grand Cru Charmes Chambertin. On top of this, the completion of a new cathedral-styled winery in Nuits St Georges has moved the already excellent winemaking to a new level. Domaine Faiveley is firmly making its mark as one of the great names of the Côte d’Or.

Today the Faiveley signature seeks a combination of grape varietal purity and terroir identity. For the reds, the quality and intensity of fruit was so good in 2020 that Erwan was very cautious with the extractions at vinification time and favoured de-stalking the bunches for many appellations. The domaine’s stats for the vintage are quite something: 12 days of harvest, 300 harvesters for 300 different parcels producing 30,000 baskets of bunches filling 2,000 casks! Quite some figures and what is even more amazing is the extraordinary quality they have achieved through sheer attention to detail.

Pricing

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