2021 Domaine de l’Arlot Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Mont des Oiseaux, Burgundy

A very fresh and crisp wine with gentle tannins. Lots of bright redcurrant fruit with acidity that goes with this. Long crisp finish with a touch of citrusy freshness. From the top of the Clos de L’Arlot vineyard site. From biodynamically grown grapes. Drink now.

92 points jamessuckling.com

Previously labelled Le Petit Arlot, and is drawn from the vines at the very top of Clos de l'Arlot. This 'cadastre' has a particular terroir: steeper, with a blend of white and pink limestone and chalky clay soils. In fact the terroir here resembles the Gerbotte site, and the vines ripen a few days earlier than their counterparts in the more clay-rich soils in the bottom part of the Clos. With the vines here now old enough to produce wines of Premier Cru stature (in fairness it has probably done so for a few years now), from 2015 l'Arlot has taken the decision to elevate the fruit from these vines to their rightful status.