2015 Perrot-Minot, Vosne-Romanee Premier Cru, Les Beaux Monts Vieilles Vignes

The 2015 Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Beaux Monts Vieilles Vignes has a clean and pure bouquet with ample ripe red cherry, cassis and iodine scents, underneath which lies fine mineralité, even if it will take 4-5 years to really surface. The palate is ripe and poised on the entry. There is a silver thread of acidity here that is neatly interwoven throughout this premier cru, however, it is the precision and the finesse of the tannin that really elevates this wine. It is a sophisticated Les Beaux Monts that could end up offering two decades of pleasure. This is excellent.

(from a very rocky site): Dark red with ruby tones. Aromas of black cherry, minerals, smoke and meat lifted by a floral topnote. Round, rich and stuffed with fruit, with compelling, wild Burgundian funk and floral complexity. For all its volume and suppleness, an element of pungent minerality gives the wine energy, and the finish features an edge of tart pomegranate and a serious kick of acidity. This striking wine will probably need several years of cellaring to come into full harmony but it already displays exhilarating perfume and length.