Tasted blind at the Burgundy 2011 horizontal tasting in Beaune. The Nuits Saint Georges 1er Cru Aux Cras 2011 surpassed my expectations. It has the most natural wine of the flight: well defined and harmonious, pretty brambly red fruit with just a touch of minerality coming through with aeration. The palate is medium-bodied with fine, sappy ripe red berry fruit (pomegranate, cranberry and raspberry) that leads to a structured, grippy finish that suggests this will repay several years in bottle.