2019 Roux Pere et Fils Vougeot Les Petits Vougeot

Full bottle 1,381 g. Not nearly as grippy and dark as the 2018, but still a strong contrast with most of their other 2019 reds. More savoury spice, cigar and oak influence. Rugged spice-stippled red fruit with a cairn of storm-weathered stones at its heart. The tannins are more lenient than they were when I tasted the 2018, more pliant, less rigidly obstructive. They feel like fine-brewed Darjeeling tea, announcing their quiet strength and structure with dignity. This is so much more ready to communicate than the 2018 was – so much more ready to tell its story. (TC)