Clos de Vougeot, Grand Cru, 2024

Earthy and spicy with hedgerow fruits, almond flower and black pepper over plum and damson. A very different shape of tannin here to the previous wines, more volume and grip. More deeply pitched with a bit of savoury nuance that gives the fruit a counterbalance. Hailing from a single plot in Les Baudes Bas, to the southern end of the vineyard. No new oak in 2024. Planted in 1986, the plot comprises a 150-metre-long row of vines that passes over a range of soil types, more clay in the lower part and rockier limestone in the higher part.