Three bottles of Prieuré Roch's Nuits-Saint-Georges Premier Cru Vieilles Vignes 2019 in the original carton. The old-vine cuvée from a low-yielding, concentrated vintage.
About This Wine
Prieuré Roch sorts its Nuits-Saint-Georges premier cru fruit into several wines. The tiny millerandé berries are kept for the Clos des Corvées top cuvée, and the crop from the old vines makes this Vieilles Vignes. The 2019 season brought April frost, a patchy flowering in cool, wet June weather and then two heatwaves, and yields fell to around 1.2 million hectolitres across Burgundy. A little rain in mid-August let the vines finish ripening, and the reds are ripe, full and velvety.
Tasting Profile
- Nose: Ripe cherry, blackberry and violet, with spice, earth and a savoury, meaty edge.
- Palate: Concentrated and velvety, with firm, fine tannins and fresh acidity.
- Finish: Long and structured, with dark fruit and a mineral grip.
Serving & Food
Open one bottle now with an hour in a decanter to see where it stands, and keep the others for 2027 onwards. Serve at 16°C in a Burgundy glass. It should drink well until the late 2030s. Pair with steak frites, cassoulet, or stir-fried beef with black pepper.
How to Enjoy
Following one wine over several years, opening a bottle at a time.
Product Details
Producer: Domaine Prieuré Roch
Country: France
Region: Côte de Nuits, Burgundy
Appellation: Nuits-Saint-Georges Premier Cru
Wine: Vieilles Vignes
Vintage: 2019
Grape: Pinot Noir
Format: 3 x 750mL, original carton
About the Domaine
Prieuré Roch was founded in 1988 by Henry-Frédéric Roch, a member of the Leroy family and later co-director of the Domaine de la Romanée-Conti. He began in Vosne-Romanée and built outward, first into Nuits-Saint-Georges and much later into the Côte de Beaune.
The estate is now run by Yannick Champ. Its approach has stayed consistent: organic farming, whole-bunch ferments on native yeasts, and wines that the domaine describes as pure and sensual.