2006 CLOS VOUGEOT Grand Cru Domaine J. Confuron Cotetidot

Dark red. Very ripe, pure nose offers black cherry, licorice, rose petal and a whiff of prune. A distinctly pliant but penetrating style of Clos Vougeot, with lovely finesse and aromatic lift to its pungent flavors of tangy red fruits, minerals, spices and earth. The tannins are substantial but quite fine, and the finishing flavors build impressively and fill the mouth with perfume.   91-93/100

A complex, penetrating and serious nose highlights ripe and spicy red and black fruit aromas set off by ample earth aromas where the intense earthiness is also reflected by the rich, full, sweet and powerful flavors that possess outstanding phenolic ripeness on the austere, brooding and altogether serious finish. Fans of the domaine should not fail to note that this is a "buy and forget" cellar candidate and this will require every bit of 15 years to reach full maturity and 20 would not surprise me. 2021+   91-94/100

Location, Location. Well Yves admits that his vines are at the bottom of the vineyard, but it is not as bad as it sounds. The vines stretch for 300 yards in rows going up the slope, so only part of the vines are actually at the bottom. (One négoce with quite a large block, make a wine from their bottom vines and call it simply Vougeots.) In the middle of the bottom section the land dips and this part is not so good. Yves vines are not here fortunately. Sweet, ripe aromatics. This tannins seem robust, but they are not helped by a lot of gas. It has an expansive palate with succulent sweet, raspberry fruit, soft acidity, but not quite the definition or matter expected of grand cru. A bit out of focus at the moment. To be looked at again. From 2012