Clos de Vougeot, Grand Cru, 2024
Almond-flower and plummy fruit over deeply-polished tannins. Ultra-fine talc-like grip to the structure here, very creamy-fruited with an earthy touch and a certain architectural presence. The domaine has one hectare of vines, spread over two lieux-dits in the north-western corner of the vineyard: “Plante l’Abbé” and “Quartier de Marei Haut”, in the sector called “des Papes” – owing to the fact that the produce from this sector was traditionally reserved for the Popes of Avignon.
critic reviews
The 2024 Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru was completely de-stemmed like the Bonnes-Mares. It has a very expressive and quite intense bouquet with mainly red berry fruit, white pepper, light thyme and rose petal scents, with wonderful stoniness just tucked in behind. The palate is medium-bodied with more presence than the Bonnes-Mares, on the other hand perhaps just a notch down in terms of purity of fruit. But I appreciate the texture and grip, so it should give up to 20 years of drinking pleasure.