Medium colour – no obvious age. The nose is understated, a hint of coal mineral and faint baked red fruit – initially it is rather tight, after 2 hours there’s a bit more width – it’s not too bad. Balanced – decent acidity, faint tannin but really my first impression is that it’s an okay, perhaps not quite average villages at its apogee. Time brings? Well, nothing much actually! It’s innocuous, certainly nothing to hate, but doesn’t beg a second glass and it’s a very long way from a Grand Cru experience too – it’s more like ‘optimistically cropped’ Vosne-Romanée that was probably best drunk 18 years ago – fortunately it’s semi-drinkable (I only ditched half the bottle!)…

Medium colour – no obvious age. The nose is understated, a hint of coal-type mineral and faint baked red fruit – initially it is rather tight, after 2 hours there0′s a bit more width – it’s not too bad. Balanced – decent acidity, faint tannin but really my first impression is that it’s an okay, perhaps good villages at its apogee. Time brings? Well, nothing much actually! It’s innocuous, certainly nothing to hate, but it’s a very long way from a Grand Cru experience too – more like ‘optimistically cropped’ Vosne-Romanée – fortunately it’s quite drinkable.