Domaine Hoffmann-Jayer, Cote de Nuits-Villages Rouge 2020

A concentrated, delicious wine, with dark plum and spice aromas, touched with earth and mineral. The location high on the slopes means the wine conserves a rewarding tension and tannic structure. Alexandre Vernet has crafted an outstanding wine from this modest appellation. The vines are in the commune of Corgoloin at the top of the slope in the lieux-dits of Le Clos de Magny, En Fontenelle and La Montage, totalling 1.3ha. Winemaking includes a cold soak, with a good proportion of whole clusters followed by three weeks of cuvaison and regular punching down.