A vineyard that I find complicated - is it a particularly warm site as the name suggests or does the combe actually help retain freshness, and does which side of the road your parcel is on matter a great deal ? This has the succulent spice inflected fruit of Vosne Romanee - really lovely - and complex now - but also a thread of acid running throughout. Some smokiness - which is either a characteristic of the vineyard or from the wood, which is even now quite present. Resolved tannin. Very Vosne Romanee in its expression of fruit. A serious and worthy wine. No hurry to drink this. Fine plus.
I served it a little too cool which was a mistake because the wine seemed initially very informed by the vintage. This initial austerity lessened as the wine warmed.
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Complex nose of red berries immediately signals high quality material. Neutral balance, youthful and full of energy, but still rather light. Multiple layers of vanilla flavors. Very long and satisfying. Sumptuos, aristocratic wine -- true to its pedigree. Fully ready to drink.
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7/16/2021 - MuddyBoots wrote:
A vineyard that I find complicated - is it a particularly warm site as the name suggests or does the combe actually help retain freshness, and does which side of the road your parcel is on matter a great deal ? This has the succulent spice inflected fruit of Vosne Romanee - really lovely - and complex now - but also a thread of acid running throughout. Some smokiness - which is either a characteristic of the vineyard or from the wood, which is even now quite present. Resolved tannin. Very Vosne Romanee in its expression of fruit. A serious and worthy wine. No hurry to drink this. Fine plus.
I served it a little too cool which was a mistake because the wine seemed initially very informed by the vintage. This initial austerity lessened as the wine warmed.
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4/8/2012 - maxim wrote: 93 Points
Fully mature, balanced, complex and sophisticated. An aristocratic Vosne, as it should be.
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10/9/2011 - DonalOB wrote: 90 Points
Same occasion in HK. Not quite as good as the Mugneret Echezeaux.
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12/4/2010 - maxim wrote: 93 Points
Complex nose of red berries immediately signals high quality material. Neutral balance, youthful and full of energy, but still rather light. Multiple layers of vanilla flavors. Very long and satisfying. Sumptuos, aristocratic wine -- true to its pedigree. Fully ready to drink.
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9/4/2010 - jwwinec Likes this wine:
An excellent bottle drinking very well right now. Nice Vosne spices with a core of sweet fruit, high acid yet well balanced. Very enjoyable.
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