Vosne Romanée, Aux Malconsorts, 1er Cru, 2013

Name: Vosne Romanée, Aux Malconsorts, 1er Cru
Brand: Domaine de Montille
Price: 567.31 GBP

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justerini & brooks tasting note

Intense, classy, high-toned. One of the less muscular Malconsorts but there is no lack of substance. Brilliant and bright flavours of loganberry, red cherry, raspberry and bramble with notes of sea salt. Long and sophisticated. A beauty.

critic reviews

94+/100Stephen Tanzer,Vinous

(vinified with two-thirds whole clusters and aged in 50% new oak): Bright, dark red. Knockout musky but backward nose combines raspberry, flinty minerality and truffley earth. Very concentrated, mineral-driven wine with a restrained sweetness and complex soil tones to its pungent flavors of red cherry and raspberry. Suave and juicy but a bit youthfully imploded, finishing with serious, noble tannins. Already quite smooth but it would be criminal not to lay this down for at least a few years.

DRINKING WINDOW 2022 - 2036

date of review 03/2016

91-93/100Neal Martin,Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2013 Vosne-Romanee 1er Cru les Malconsorts appeared very closed and unresponsive on the nose, a little subdued when compared to the Corton Clos du Roi 13 alongside. Then it begins to wake up with blackberry, cranberry and raspberry preserve that blossoms with each encouraging swirl. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins, supple and rounded in the mouth, exerting a gentle grip and a long finish that belies the backbone. This is very fine, although as I remarked at the time, I feel that there is a clear difference between this and the "Christianne" cuvee this year.

DRINKING WINDOW 2017 - 2030

date of review 12/2014