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 (Sept 2016)

Saturated red-ruby. Very ripe nose offers scents of cherry cobbler, gingerbread and marzipan lifted by a floral topnote. Big, ripe and fleshy but a bit youthfully disjointed today owing to its strong acidity; superconcentrated without being heavy. Plenty of dimension here but quite backward, even medicinal on the back end. Lay this one down. Drinking range: 2023 - 2033 Rating: 92 Stephen Tanzer, www.vinousmedia.com (Mar 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)