2012 David Clark, Vosne-Romanée
The last bottle of this had a great-looking cork but was indeed corked! This has an equally great-looking cork – but isn’t corked – hooray!
Plenty of colour and not with any overt age. The nose is not so large but has fine, dark, Vosne-spiced depth – a lovely invitation. Ooh – here is scale and velvet texture – a big, layered wine that’s still showing some baby-structure. Full of flavour, lightly smoked, a more traditional level of sweetness versus just about every vintage since 2015. I’m drinking it at least 5 years too soon – luckily I bought a case of 12 – David’s last vintage, and he did the bottling earlier than usual as he was selling up. We lost a talented winemaker. A properly excellent, young wine …
Rebuy – Yes