critic reviews
The 2022 Clos Vougeot Grand Cru is terrific, offering up aromas of cherries, dark berries, orange zest, spices and rose petals, followed by a full-bodied, layered and multidimensional palate that's rich and textural, its deep core of fruit framed by sweet, powdery tannins. It will be hard to choose between this and the Grands-Echezeaux this year.
The 2022 Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru includes 80% whole bunches and matured in 19 new barrels out of a total of 25. This is well defined on the nose with black fruit laced with sea spray/oyster shells. In the first tasting, the stems here are fairly tangible, more so than the Echézeaux, but on the second tasting, it has cohered and the stems are far more assimilated. The palate is medium-bodied with a tensile entry, quite structured and with a pleasurable briny/sea spray element. Whilst the first showing was a bit compact, the second demonstrates more depth and flesh, with a lovely dash of black pepper on the aftertaste.