Domaine de l'Arlot - Nuits-St.-Georges 1er Cru Clos des Forêts St.-Georges 2021 (750ml)

Vinous, Servants of the Seasons: Burgundy 2021 (Jan 2023) (1/1/2023)
(Domaine de l'Arlot Nuits Saint-Georges Clos des Forêts Saint Georges 1er Cru Red) "The 2021 Nuits Saint-Georges Clos des Forêts Saint Georges 1er Cru is more expressive than the Clos de l'Arlot on the nose: vivid scents of raspberry, cranberry, sous-bois and just a very slight steeliness. The palate is medium-bodied with crisp, almost angular tannins, fresh and very tensile, quite saline to the extent where I fully agree that any stem addition would have been superfluous. Persistent and graceful on the finish, this is superb. (Drink between 2025-2042)"  (93-95) points
 
Decanter, Burgundy 2021 en primeur (11/1/2022)
(Domaine de l’Arlot, Monopole, Pinot Noir / Pinot Nero, Nuits-St-Georges, 1er Cru Clos des Forêts St-Georges, Burgundy, France, Red) "This substantial wine has a ripe plummy fruit on the initial attack adorned with notes of smoke, earth, spice and an almost savoury animal complexity. The texture is dense and tannic, with plenty of substance and a lingering, complex finish. The massive cuvée represents half of the surface area of the domaine—7.2 hectares, right next to premier cru Les St-Georges—and it is usually vinified in six different cuvées and blended later in order to account for variation in ripeness. In 2021, however, there were only enough grapes for three. (Drink between 2027-2045)"  92 points

Jasper Morris Inside Burgundy, 2021 Côte de Nuits South: Vosne-Romanée to Nuits-St-Georges (11/1/2022)
(Nuits-St-Georges Clos des Forêts St-Georges 1er Cru, Domaine de l'Arlot, Red) "Dense red to crimson. The bouquet is a little more closed than Les Suchots, but with a suggestion of a fair intensity of fruit to follow. Prettily floral, cherry and raspberry too, this is rather stylish, still with a little biscuit note from the barrel, like many of these wines in their youth. Without being in the style of the blockbuster vintages, there is still good energy here for the future. Drink from 2027-2033."  91-94 points