1999 Joseph Drouhin Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Petits Monts

Burghound

• By Allen Meadows
  7/29/2007, (See more on Burghound...)

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View From the Cellar

• By John Gilman
  Mar/Apr 2007, Issue #8, Véronique Drouhin’s Lovely Vosne-Romanée “Petits Monts”, (See more on View From the Cellar...)

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Burghound

• By Allen Meadows
  3rd Quarter, 2003, Issue #11, (See more on Burghound...)

  (Maison Joseph Drouhin Vosne-Romanée Les Petits Monts 1er Cru Red) Subscribe to see review text.

View From the Cellar

• By John Gilman
  Bonus Articles, 1999 Red Burgundy in the Bottle (May 2002), (See more on View From the Cellar...)

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Burghound

• By Allen Meadows
  2nd Quarter, 2002, Issue #6, (See more on Burghound...)

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• By Allen Meadows
  2nd Quarter, 2001, Issue #2, (See more on Burghound...)

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• By Stephen Tanzer
  March/April 2001, IWC Issue #95, (See more on Vinous...)

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Burgundy-Report

• By Bill Nanson
  4/1/2008, (See more on Burgundy-Report...)

  (Drouhin Joseph Vosne-Romanée Les Petits Monts) An understated nose that slowly builds power in the glass - exotic hardwoods and faint chocolate mix to give a very complex impression. The palate is relatively tight, the faintly astringent tannin being well covered by the understated fruit - the length of finish is rather more distinguished. Despite the tight presentation there is good focus here - better than the last bottle.

• By Bill Nanson
  8/1/2007, (See more on Burgundy-Report...)

  (Drouhin Joseph Vosne-Romanée Petits Monts) A deep core of colour, just the last vestige of cherry at the rim. The nose is deep and dense if rather bashful to start, showing little more than dark flashes of toasty, sweet oak - fortunately this remains an undertone before fading as a dense and primary deep red note comes through that becomes finer with aeration - I can only summarise it as ‘very sexy’. After wine #2 this is altogether denser, softer and with riper fruit too. It’s brimming with intensity and concentration - it’s a real mouth-filler - showing a lovely expansion in the mid-palate before slowly narrowing in the good finish. In the background there plenty of soft texture from the tannins, but they will need a few more years in the cellar to shrink. Everything about this wine is more fun and lush than the Jadot Bèze, if rather less tight and precise.

• By Bill Nanson
  8/1/2007, (See more on Burgundy-Report...)

  (Drouhin Joseph Vosne-Romanée Les Petits Monts) A deep core of colour, just the last vestige of cherry at the rim. The nose is deep and dense if rather bashful to start, showing little more than dark flashes of toasty, sweet oak - fortunately this remains an undertone before fading as a dense and primary deep red note comes through that becomes finer with aeration - I can only summarise it as ‘very sexy’. After wine #2 this is altogether denser, softer and with riper fruit too. It’s brimming with intensity and concentration - it’s a real mouth-filler - showing a lovely expansion in the mid-palate before slowly narrowing in the good finish. In the background there plenty of soft texture from the tannins, but they will need a few more years in the cellar to shrink. Everything about this wine is more fun and lush than the Jadot Bèze, if rather less tight and precise.

• By Bill Nanson
  3/1/2005, (See more on Burgundy-Report...)

  (Drouhin Joseph Vosne-Romanée Les Petits Monts) Medium-plus cherry-red colour. The nose starts deep and a little oaky. Given time the oak is replaced by a classic Vosne spice and eventually sweet cappuccino. The palate is first-class, silky, very round, real fat and tight though lovely and complex if slightly backward fruit. Nice acidity helps lengthen the finish. This has gorgeous mouthfeel and despite it's youth I loved drinking it today. A singleton that forced me to buy some more (the eight bottles I could find!) and of course, before you read this! Grand Cru standard - Vosne Grand Cru at that!