Appellations
Premier Cru · Côte de Nuits
Les Vaucrains
Nuits-Saint-Georges · red · 6
Above Les Saint-Georges, and the slowest-maturing wine in the commune.
Under the vines
Thin stony ground high on the slope, poor enough that the name may derive from 'worthless'.
In the glass
Austere and tannic young, and remarkable after fifteen years. Impatience ruins it.
Why it sits here
Has nearly as strong a promotion case as its neighbour below.
Commonly misread
That a hard young wine is a badly made one. Vaucrains is meant to be hard at five.
Names worth knowing
Robert Chevillon, Henri Gouges, Jean Grivot