Domaine Nicolas Faure – Nuits-St-Georges “Les Herbues” 2024

This Nuits-St-Georges Pinot Noir is silky and very complex.

STRICTLY ALLOCATED: Since these wines are some of the rarest and the most in-demand in the world, only clients with whom Clos Cachet has an existing relationship will be considered for an allocation. All Nicolas Faure wines are imported directly from the Domaine, guaranteeing its provenance.

Domaine Nicolas Faure is a micro Domaine crafting wines of impressive elegance. Each of Nicolas’ tiny vineyards receives Grand Cru care and the very high quality reached by his wines is obtained through countless hours spent in the vineyards. He ensures this through mini interventions and traditional practices executed with precision. The “Les Herbues” vineyard is located in the North of the Village of Nuits-St-Georges right on the border of Vosne-Romanée. Being on that side of Nuits-St-Georges means the wine is in essence pretty with silky lines.

The Nuits-St-Georges was about to be bottled at the end of the week. A fine crimson ruby with some depth. More of the raspberry strawberry fruit than otherwise floral whole bunch though that starts to creep out. Much more rugged in structure, pepper at the back, still the darker fruit covering the bones. There is a reductive element here, which Nicolas does not like, but it is not too strong and will just push back the drinking date a little. Drink from 2028-2033. Tasted Nov 2025. 90-91 points - Jasper Morris, Inside Burgundy.

What we say

"Nicolas’ wine embodies the beauty of Pinot Noir on great terroirs. This Nuits-St-Georges “Les Herbues” is sexy, nicely tied up with a charming fruit to it."

Technical notes

At Domaine Nicolas Faure the technique used is traditional. After being carefully sorted in the vineyard, the grapes are brought to the small winery. The harvested grapes are all put in a wooden tank to undergo alcoholic fermentation. After 21 days the juice is pumped into French oak barrels without adding further oak. The remaining berries and stems are pressed in a traditional vertical press to gently extract the ripe tannins and some extra fruit. Then the wine undergoes its malo-lactic fermentation and matures in oak barrels before bottling without filtration.