The 2009 Nuits St.-Georges Les Pruliers is beginning to shut down in bottle. There is plenty of precision and delineation in the glass, but the tannins are rather imposing today. With time in the glass some of the wine’s inner perfume emerges, but it is quite clear that time is the only missing ingredient. Readers will need to be patient. Anticipated maturity: 2019-2029. These five 2009s all met or exceeded my expectations based on what I tasted from barrel during my last visit. Over the last few years there has been no shortage of fabulous wines in this cellar. Importer: Rosenthal Wine Merchant, Pine Plains, NY; tel. (800) 910-1990

The 2009 Nuits St.-Georges Les Pruliers is a dazzling wine. This is a decidedly virile Burgundy loaded with fruit. The wine blossoms on the mid-palate and finish, showing superb integrity, finesse and balance. The vines here are over 70 years old. Anticipated maturity: 2019-2029. Louis Boillot remarked that he and his wife Ghislaine Barthod were the first to harvest in 2009, but the last in 2008. In 2009 Boillot was concerned with losing the singular expression of site, hence his decision to pick on the early side. The 2009s were made from 100% destemmed fruit, as is the custom here. New oak reached a maximum of 25-30%. Boillot is among the growers who prefers the 2008s to the 2009s, which he describes as more faithful and transparent to site.Importer: Rosenthal Wine Merchant, Pine Plains, NY; tel. (800) 910-1990