2014 Vosne Romanee Les Rouges Dessus

Bright red-ruby. Very pure, perfumed aromas and flavors of blackberry, boysenberry, minerals, violet and cocoa powder. Sappy and tightly wound, conveying a powerful impression of vinosity thanks to its pungent minerality. The pH here of 3. 45 is the lowest in the cellar in 2014. Indeed, this wine shows a distinctly cool quality in the context of the vintage, and finishes with excellent chewy length. Tremblay told me that the 2008 version of this wine was paired by a chef with a tuna dish during a trip to Tokyo and that the combination was perfect.

The 2014 Vosne-Romanée Rouge du Dessus has a pretty, rose-petal tinged bouquet with small dark cherries, red plum and a touch of orange blossom. The palate is medium-bodied, smooth in the mouth with a vitamin-like purity. There is good body here for a village cru, but it is the harmony and texture that really makes this wine "sing". Before you ask...yes, I prefer this to the Vosne-Romanée Beaumonts at the moment.