CLOS VOUGEOT

The 2011 Clos-Vougeot comes across as deep, powerful and also closed in on itself. Here the flavors are beautifully centered and polished throughout. Fine, crystalline tannins support the bright, delineated finish. The 2011 is a rare Clos Vougeot that is both finessed and powerful. The bright, saline finish is hard to resist. 2021-2041 Rating: 95 Antonio Galloni, www.vinous.com (Apr 2014)

Bright medium red. Dark currant and black cherry aromas are lifted by flowers, spices and stone. Juicy, firm and tightly wound, with lovely perfume to the flavors of red berries, cinnamon and cardamom. Boasts a firm acid/tannin spine without any hardness. Still youthfully withdrawn, even a tad dry, on the back end and in need of at least five years of cellaring. Rating: 92 Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar (Mar 2014)

(from a parcel situated by the Château at the top of the slope and just below the climat known as Le Musigni; on the old maps, it was designated as Montiotes Hautes). A ripe yet discreet and restrained cool red berry fruit nose also displays notes of warm earth, spice, plum and floral hints. There is excellent richness and overt power to the relatively refined medium weight plus flavors thanks to the fine grained tannins that coat the mouth on the explosively long finish. This impeccably well-balanced effort is clearly the best in show in 2011 as well as the most obviously structured. 2023+ Rating: 92-95 Allen Meadows, www.Burghound.com (Jan 2013)