Vosne Romanée, Les Rouges du Dessus, 1er Cru, 2015
Always one of the most distinctive and envigorating wines in the cellar, this is proof that the sunny and ripe conditions of 2015 can allow vineyard characteristics to shine through. A wine of great personality and energy, tight-knit focussed and racy, ripe crunchy red berry and cool dark cherry fruits mixed with hints of dry stone. Floral and silky and yet so intense and precise. A distinctive and high quality 1er Cru perched high up the slope directly above Echézeaux yielding fresh, high altitude wines with strong a mineral character.
critic reviews
The 2015 Vosne-Romanée Les Rouges du Dessus 1er Cru has a generous bouquet featuring plenty of brambly red berry fruit, iodine and pressed iris aromas, the oak neatly enmeshed with the fruit. The palate is medium-bodied with fleshy ripe red berry fruit, a fine bead of acidity and good structure on the finish. Maybe a little more length would not come amiss, but fine overall. Modern in style but with some upswing with bottle age. Tasted blind at the annual Burgfest tasting.