David Duband, Haute Cotes Nuits Louis Auguste Vintage:2018 This isn’t classic in style

This isn’t classic in style but it’s appealing in its fashion

Aged 12 months in American oak hogsheads (37% new)

floral and sauvage scents

because the wines are powerful enough on their own

One of the best wines from Le Gay in recent years though my score implies it may be amidst a dumb phase

David Duband, Haute Cotes Nuits Louis Auguste Vintage:2018 This isn’t classic in styleThere is a touch of herbal tea character on the pretty and fresh red berry fruit and gentle earth nuanced nose. The round, delicious and solidly voluminous flavors possess a caressing mid palate texture along with a hint of minerality on the youthfully austere and mildly tangy finale.