Vosne-Romanée Les Suchots

2017 Mugneret Gerard Vosne-Romanée Les Suchots

By billn on March 28, 2019

In bottle since January. A faint reduction on this nose. Hmm, layered and concentrated, more-so than some Echézeaux this vintage. Full, finishing with complexity and not too much overt oak structure or flavour. Lovely. A great finish, some oak showing only right at the end.

2017 Joannet Vosne-Romanée Les Suchots

By billn on March 28, 2019

Already bottled. Light coloured, but ooh, that’s a nice nose – open, easy – but a fine invitation. This has a punch that the colour doesn’t suggest. Full, complex, and there’s energy too – saline accented in the finish. Ooh really a super wine – bravo! Holding long in the finish too!

2017 de la Poulette Vosne-Romanée Les Suchots

By billn on March 28, 2019

Hmm, quite a floral perfume. Plenty of structure but plenty of energy and flavour too – a wine to wait for – more than many in 2017. Hmm, super length. Long and tasty. Excellent wine despite a modest rusticity – call it character!

2017 René Cacheux Vosne-Romanée Les Suchots

By billn on March 28, 2019

High and low tones for this nose, a little oak, but a lot of complexity too. Ooh there’s a lot of wine here – concentrated, full, delicious – ooh – a great Suchots even with that finishing mocha note, bravo!

2017 Michel Noëllat Vosne-Romanée Les Suchots

By billn on March 28, 2019

Bottled 14 days. Very slowly opening in the glass, not so oaked, supple, open, lovely layers, this is very delicious today, slightly decadent and very easy to appreciate.

2008 Comte Liger-Belair Vosne-Romanée Les Suchots

By billn on May 16, 2011

Floral aromas. The palate has great poise but is really distinguished by its dense, flavourful finish – I’d finish it myself given half the chance.

2009 Lamarche Francois Vosne-Romanée Les Suchots

By billn on April 07, 2011

After the Chaumes this nose has more impact of dark, up-front fruit. Silkier, intense and dark flavours cross the palate – staining. Large-scaled structure but not overwhelmingly so – no fat, just power.

1993 Cathiard André Vosne-Romanée Les Suchots

By billn on July 07, 2010

Medium mature colour. The nose starts with a depth of soil, a slight tomato lift and then beautiful smooth and fresh red/purple cherry fruit – the cherry gets stronger and stronger in the glass. Silky, slightly fat texture yet perfectly fresh. There’s almost no tannin to find. Initially it’s linear in the mid-palate yet the fruit flavour persists well. Slowly the intensity and dimension of the mid-palate swells. A beautifuly clarity of fruit shines through this wine.

2006 Mugneret Gerard Vosne-Romanée Les Suchots

By billn on February 25, 2010

Medium-plus colour. Straight away the nose is about depth, dark fruit and a little coffee/mineral mix and an impressive Vosne-style dimension – a great start. In the mouth for the first 20 minutes I can’t drink it, it tastes like salt – no, really like salt! A long pause and a coffee later, I come to it and it’s on a lower level – more an inflection (of salt) in the mid-palate – like a Denis Mortet wine! There is just a lack of smoothness – or better, elegance – to the wine. There is plenty of flavour, some here some there, complexity too, and without overt oak, yet there is cola and and a total lack of integration – this is such a shame, as it smells fantastic. Half is left for day 2: hurrah, not really ’salty’, a hint of gras and the texture is okay. I’m rather bemused, I’ve never really come across a wine that was too salty before – perhaps something to do with the oak – anyway, this was eventually very nice – but I’d recommend decanting!

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