2002 Alain Hudelot-Noëllat Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Beaumonts

Community Tasting Notes (20) Avg Score: 91.7 points

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  12/26/2023 - Wine Canuck wrote: 94 Points

  This pours light ruby in the glass, minimal if any bricking. The nose is lifted and elegant, showing dried cranberry, raspberry, rose petals, forest undergrowth, white mushroom, grapefruit zest, dried ginger, and fresh thyme. The palate enters on pure tart red fruit accented with touches of citrus. Tannin is low, acid is medium plus. The finish is moderate in length and nicely balanced closing on bitter herbs and dried ginger. All in all this is lovely stuff that is developing nicely. While complexity is modest the profile is pure elegance and is immaculate. Just gorgeous and thoroughly enjoyable.

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  12/26/2022 - Nanda wrote: 92 Points

  Boxing Day wines at Domaine: A lovely bottle of at peak Vosne 1er with plenty of lush fruit that is filled with spice. Nice black tea and earth notes adding complexity. Should hold at this level for a decade.

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  1/12/2020 - Papies wrote: 92 Points

  Needed its time in the glass to open up but post like 30 minutes this was at good form. Well evolved, soft and earthy, soft red fruits. Elegant and classy on the nose and albeit lacks a weight in the mid palate this is good old school Burgundy. Maybe past its peak fruit wise but still very solid 92

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  10/28/2018 - brooklynguy wrote:

  Needs 8-10 years in the cellar, and I say this with confidence because we drank a fully mature 1995 Suchots next to it and the difference was startling. The 02 is clearly a fantastic wine - really special I think. Lush fruit in a well focused package with great balance and minerality, showing hints of the star anise and other spices that will make this such a joy down the road. Just clearly an excellent wine. But it was tight still, clenched up, hardly any secondary development as of yet. I wish I had more, and I'd forget about this one for a while.

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  5/12/2018 - jlm wrote:

  This showed good Vosne typicity, but the palate needs more time to develop. The fruit can still relax and the tannins soften a bit.

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