Vosne-Romanée, Aux Malconsorts, 1er Cru, 2024

A middle weighted, aromatically reserved Malconsorts with a certain academic bookishness to it in its youth. With impressive purity, the palate offers up nimble, pert red berry fruit and a seam of tannic presence rising up at its core. There’s a real mineral tension that seems to enhance the tightness of the fruit. This is going to require a bit of patience, but the purity and focus is impressive and while tight and a little reserved, this remains one of those wines you want to spend time with, which tends to be a good indicator of future pleasure. Fermented with two thirds whole bunches.