domaine-georges-noellat

Domaine Georges Noëllat

Overview

Domaine Georges Noëllat is run by Maxime Cheurlin, who took over this family domaine in Vosne-Romanée. The estate has been dramatically expanded and elevated in quality under his stewardship, with new vineyard acquisitions in each vintage. The wines are dark-fruited, sappy, and powerful — perhaps the most concentrated of the top Vosne estates — with extended new oak use (50% for premier crus). Key appellations include Vosne-Romanée premiers crus (Beaux Monts, Chaumes, Petits Monts), Nuits-St-Georges “les Boudots,” and grand crus Échézeaux and Grands Échézeaux.

Appellations

• Vosne-Romanée (villages, Beaux Monts, Chaumes, Petits Monts premier crus)
• Nuits-St-Georges (“les Boudots” premier cru)
• Chambolle-Musigny (“les Sentiers” — new 2024 acquisition)
• Morey-St-Denis (“les Monts Luisants” — added 2019)
• Beaune (“les Tuvilains” premier cru)
• Échézeaux (grand cru — 2024: blended into Beaux Monts; no separate cuvée)
• Grands Échézeaux (grand cru — 96 pts in 2024)
• Mazoyères-Chambertin (grand cru — new 2024, first vintage from 50yo vines; 95+ pts)
• Bourgogne Hautes-Côtes de Nuits; Côtes de Nuits-Villages

Key Wines

• Grands Échézeaux — 96 pts in 2024 (2040–2100): “very clearly a great wine in the making”
• Mazoyères-Chambertin — first vintage 2024; 95+ pts (2040–2100): “simply outstanding”
• Vosne-Romanée “les Beaux Monts” — 94 pts in 2024 (with Échézeaux fruit added)
• Nuits-St-Georges “les Boudots” — 94 pts in 2024: “great Boudots in the making”
• Morey-St-Denis “les Monts Luisants” — 94 pts in 2024: “clearly the finest yet”

Style Notes

Cheurlin’s wines are powerful, sappy, and darkly fruited — regularly among the most impressive wines of each vintage in Vosne. Uses significant new oak (50% for premier crus), which integrates with the dense fruit. Continually acquiring new parcels; the lineup expands nearly every vintage.

2023 Vintage Notes (VFTC #115)

Visited January 17, 2025. Maxime Cheurlin started picking September 11th. Only Hautes-Cotes de Nuits bottled; everything else in cask, not yet racked. Entire range leans toward beautiful black fruity tones, with superb soil signatures. Fun quip: when Gilman asked which climat in Echezeaux, Maxime replied “les Cruots” — then noted that Henri Jayer also thought les Cruots was the finest lieu-a-dit, “because that is where his vines were located!”

2023 Scores:

• Grands Echezeaux: 95+ pts (2030–2100) — “brilliant young wine”; great soil transparency
• Echezeaux: 95 pts (2040–2100) — “stunning young wine”; from les Cruots
• Vosne “les Beaux Monts”: 94+ pts (2038–2085) — exceptional; impeccably balanced
• Nuits “les Boudots”: 94 pts (2038–2085) — “great juice”; sappy, buried tannins
• Vosne “les Petits Monts”: 94 pts (2038–2085) — 60-year-old vines; marvelous
• Clos Vougeot: 94 pts (2040–2100) — in Grand Maupertuis (next to Grands Echezeaux)
• Morey “les Monts Luisants”: 93 pts (2035–2080) — “first class juice”; the only premier cru in Burgundy with grand cru, 1er cru, and villages status
• Gevrey “les Fontenys”: 93 pts (2038–2080) — inherent elegance of the vintage
• Vosne “les Chaumes”: 92+ pts (2035–2080) — tasted while looking at the vines from the porch
• Chambolle “Feusselottes”: 92+ pts (2035–2080)
• Beaune “Clos la Mignotte”: 92 pts (2035–2075) — 60-year-old vines
• Vosne-Romanee: 91 pts (2033–2070) — quite black fruity
• Chambolle-Musigny: 90+ pts (2033–2075)
• Gevrey “En Champs”: 90 pts (2033–2070)
• Cotes de Nuits-Villages: 89+ pts (2025–2045)
• Bourgogne Hautes-Cotes de Nuits: 89 pts (2025–2040)

2024 Vintage Notes

Lost 2/3 of crop overall. Échézeaux not bottled separately — fruit blended into Beaux Monts. Two new wines: Chambolle “les Sentiers” and first-ever Mazoyères-Chambertin. Gilman: “All of the 2024s that we tasted here were superb in quality.”

2024 Vintage Notes (Burghound #101, barrel)

Effective with 2024, Cheurlin acquired .13 ha in Chambolle 1er Les Sentiers and .14 ha in Mazoyères-Chambertin (sold Meursault 1er Les Cras to help pay). On 2024: “merdique (crappy) in every sense.” Picked September 16th; “never had a harvest with so much sorting.” Yields barely 10 hl/ha, some less. Potential alcohols ~12%, chaptalized to 12.5%. Vinified softly over longer period. Cheurlin: “genuinely surprised that they’re as good as they are.” No Echézeaux in 2024.

2024 Scores (barrel):

• Vosne-Romanée “Les Petits Monts” 1er: (91-94) — “appears to be the best wine in the range”
• Grands Echézeaux: (91-93) — .40 ha; “could use better depth”
• Nuits “Les Boudots” 1er: (90-93) — 1.2 ha; “well-made effort is worth checking out”
• Chambolle “Les Sentiers” 1er: (90-92) — .13 ha, first vintage
• Vosne-Romanée “Les Chaumes” 1er: (90-92) — .47 ha
• Mazoyères-Chambertin: (90-92) — .10 ha, first vintage; “could use better depth”
• Vosne-Romanée “Les Beaux Monts” 1er: (89-92) — “comes up somewhat short today”
• Beaune “Les Tuvilains” 1er: (88-91)
• Vosne-Romanée: (87-90) — “could well better harmonize once it’s bottled”
• Bourgogne: (86-88) — “to enjoy young”

⚠️ Contradiction with VFTC: Gilman (VFTC #121) scored the 2024 Grands Echézeaux at 96, while Meadows gives it (91-93) from barrel — a very significant gap. Gilman also scored Mazoyères at 95+ versus Meadows’ (90-92). This is one of the widest Gilman-Meadows divergences across the Côte de Nuits.

My Tastings

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Sources

• sources/articles/VFTC/VFTC Jan-Feb 2025 #115.txt
• sources/articles/VFTC/VFTC Jan-Feb 2026 #121.pdf (pages 73–75)
• sources/articles/Burghound/Burghound Issue 101 - 2024 and 2023 Cote de Nuits Reds.txt