Vosne Romanée, Les Rouges du Dessus, 1er Cru, 2012
Deep, intense but very bright. Stunningly racy, salt-flecked fruit notes of redcurrant, damson and red cherry. Long, tense and concentrated, incredibly focused, despite the 70% whole bunch fermentation there is no heaviness, just a suave texture. Superb. From the high Rouges de Dessous parcel just above Echézeaux, a late-ripening gravelly vineyard that yields wines of great vitality.
critic reviews
Fresh, dark red. Musky black raspberry and gunflint on the nose, lifted by pungent mineral and floral elements. Fully ripe but with terrific energy from the 70% whole-cluster fermentation and a powerful crushed-rock element. Today this wine's superb vivacity partly masks its serious underling material. Should evolve slowly and gracefully. A sentimental favorite.