2012 Domaine de Montille, Vosne-Romanee Premier Cru, Aux Malconsorts

(100% vendange entier; 60% new oak): Good deep red. Deep aromas of ripe raspberry, smoke and meat. Ripe, sweet and mouthfilling; mellow and voluminous in the way of a grand cru. Very deep wine with a broad, saline, soil-driven finish that mounts slowly and builds impressively, with the tannins dusting the front teeth and everything else in the immediate neighborhood.

This was sufficiently reduced to hide the fruit though not so much that the floral characters could not be perceived. This is a big wine even by the considerable standards of a classic Malconsorts with an overt muscularity to the concentrated yet impressively refined mouth feel to the utterly delicious flavors that are shaped by markedly firm tannins that are so well buffered by the rich dry extract that the wonderfully persistent finish is once again not especially austere. This should be excellent if given at least 7 to 10 years in a cool cellar though note that it should continue to improve for several years after that.

The 2012 Vosne-Romanée Les Malconsorts is a bit reduced today, especially in its bouquet, which makes it hard to get a read on. There is plenty of vintage 2012 intensity in the glass, but the Malconsorts is going to need time to fully come together.