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.
Vosne-Romanée Les Suchots
2017 Joannet Vosne-Romanée Les Suchots
2017 de la Poulette Vosne-Romanée Les Suchots
2017 René Cacheux Vosne-Romanée Les Suchots
2017 Michel Noëllat Vosne-Romanée Les Suchots
2008 Comte Liger-Belair Vosne-Romanée Les Suchots
2009 Lamarche Francois Vosne-Romanée Les Suchots
1993 Cathiard André Vosne-Romanée Les Suchots
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
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!