Vosne Romanée, Les Malconsorts, 1er Cru, 2011

(this one finished its malo late, in June): Good deep red. Ripe raspberry, stony minerality and a hint of chocolate on the nose, complicated by a balsamic quality. Fat and full but quite dry and youthfully clenched; very different in style from the other Vosne-Romanee premier crus owing to the late malo. Strong material here but currently quite tannic and backward. Hard to judge in its current phase. (Incidentally, Potel had not made the final blend of the Vosne-Romanee Suchots as of my November visit.)