VOSNE ROMANÉE

Tasted blind at the Burgfest tasting in Beaune, the 2013 Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Beaux Monts has a tightly wound bouquet, dark plum and raspberry fruit, a touch of blackberry, the oak nicely integrated although it is staying inside its shell for the time being. The palate is medium-bodied with sappy red cherry and raspberry fruit, the tannins finer than I was anticipating, the acidity well judged as it segues into a backward but focused, quite structured finish. Christophe Perrot-Minot's Beaux Monts has very good potential. Drinking range: 2020 - 2038 Rating: 92 Neal Martin, www.vinous.com (Sep 2016)

Wiry, tense and energetic, the 2013 Vosne-Romanée Les Beaux Monts is highly representative of the year. Dark red and purplish-hued fruit, cherry pit, flowers mint and crushed rocks open up in the glass, but today, the 2013 is mostly about texture. The precise, floral, lifted style is hugely appealing, although the wine is going to need at least a few years in bottle to fully come together. Distinct notes of stoniness linger on the close. Drinking range: 2020 - 2033 Rating: 91-93 Antonio Galloni, www.vinous.com (Apr 2015)

(from the rocky part of the cru, according to Perrot-Minot): Bright, dark red. Raspberry, mocha and gunflint on the nose, complicated by licorice and spices. Concentrated and sappy, showing more density and depth--if less early finesse--than the Fuées. I like this wine's combination of sweetness and spiciness. Finishes with a piquant suggestion of pomegranate. Drinking range: 2022 - 2032 Rating: 91-93 Stephen Tanzer, www.vinousmedia.com (Jan 2015)