2005 Vosne romanée Le Clos Goillotte

The 2005 Vosne-Romanee Le Clos Goillotte has a deep purple hue. The nose offers attractive dark cherries, red plum and a touch of sous-bois, a marine influence becoming more prominent with aeration. The palate is medium-bodied with pure cranberry and cassis notes on the entry, tobacco just tangible underneath. There is good structure here although, like many 2005s, the wine remains backward, and is missing a little persistency on the finish. Returning after 30 minutes there is an attractive bacon fat/Italian cured meat note infusing the aromatics and it seems to stretch its wings and manifest more vigor. This is a lovely 2005 Vosne-Romanee but afford it an hour’s decanting. Drink now-2020. Tasted May 2014.