Dark and tannic, this is a wine with a dense core that influences the stalky, plum skin-flavored fruit. The tannins remain closed, dry and tight, and this wine needs at least two years to open out.——R.V.(10/1/2009)—— 89

Nuits-St-Georges is Faiveley’s home base, so they know a thing or two when it comes to making a village wine. This is a wine that manages to combine the mineral toughness of Nuits bottlings with an extra layer of rich plum skin and juice flavor. There is a light strawberry jam character that offers some final sweetness. ——R.V.(10/1/2009)—— 90

Faiveley makes the most of the powerful tannins associated with Nuits-Saint-Georges. The dryness is blackberry tannins; the wood is kept in check. Full, concentrated, a powerful wine, needing aging.——R.V.(3/1/2008)—— 90