2023 Pierre-Olivier Garcia, Nuits-Saint-Georges, Aux Saints-Juliens

Pierre-Olivier Garcia’s 2023 "Aux Saints-Juliens" centers on his trademark "baie-par-baie" technique, involving the manual destemming of one-third of the fruit to maintain berry integrity and prioritize aromatic clarity. Sourced from a northern Nuits-Saint-Georges lieu-dit bordering Vosne-Romanée, the wine reflects the site's fine-grained clay and limestone soils through a structural profile defined by elegance and mineral tension. The 2023 vintage conditions—characterized by high yields and a late-September ripening surge—impart an effortless transparency and a cooler floral energy compared to the denser 2022s. The wine’s architecture relies on silky, fine-grained tannins and a tensile mid-palate density, the result of a precise tripartite fermentation and aging in entirely neutral oak. This approach preserves the vineyard’s inherent verticality and ensures a persistent, saline finish that avoids the traditional rusticity of the appellation.