2022 Domaine Berthaut-Gerbet, Vosne-Romanee Premier Cru, Les Petits Monts

The 2022 Vosne-Romanée Les Petits-Monts 1er Cru contains 50% stems. It is blessed with one of the finest perfumes from the Domaine: dark berry fruit, crushed limestone, rose petals and sea cave - very complex and with wonderful transparency. The palate is medium-bodied with pliant tannins and very smooth in texture. There’s finely pitched acidity with a caressing, red-fruited finish. The sapidity leaves you going back for more. Gorgeous.

Aromas of rose petals, sweet red berries, orange zest and wild plums introduce Berthaut's 2022 Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Petits Monts, a medium to full-bodied, satiny and seamless wine that's pure and ethereal, with melting tannins and a long, mineral finish. This parcel's rehabilitation continues, and it appears to be really paying off.

Tank sample. Mid-pale ruby. Floral notes of rose and peony. Bright red cherries and raspberries on the palate. Racy acidity balanced by finely woven tannins that distinctly build on the finish. Long, salty and broad. Big finish. (MH)