2012 Domaine FAIVELEY/Maison Joseph FAIVELEY* from bottle (Nuits-Saint-Georges)

When tasting Faiveley’s wines in November 2014 with technical director Jérome Flous, he said that 2013 was the most complicated of the four vintages, 2010-2013, that he had performed at Faiveley. Nevertheless, on both Côte Chalonnaise and Côte de Nuits, the vines were spared hail and disease, something that cannot be said for the Côte de Beaune wines.

An asterisk (*) indicates Maison Faiveley, the negociant label. The earlier review of 2012 Côte de Beaune and Côte Chalonnaise wines prior to bottling is here. The review of 2012 Côte de Nuits wines prior to bottling is here.

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