2024 Vosne Romanee

The 2024 Vosne-Romanée Village includes just 10% stems this year. This has an open-knit bouquet with cranberry and raspberry fruit, just a touch of rooibos tea/bergamot evolving with aeration. Delicate but delineated. The palate is medium-bodied with very pliant tannins, silky smooth with a bright tensile finish, veins of blue fruit lingering on the aftertaste. Superb.

No whole bunches, a question of tank space. Two plots in Réas and one in Rivière, the former responsible for 17 barrels out of the 20. Quite a pale colour with a lacy nose of some delicacy. A lovely strawberry/raspberry fruit with a useful crunch to finish.

(Top Value)<br /> (from Aux Réas and Au Dessus de la Rivière with a tiny amount of Basses Maizières). Discreet wood sets off the overtly spicy aromas of plum and purple fruit along with a floral hint. The delicious and vibrant flavors possess a<br /> velvety, even seductive, mid-palate yet manage to retain good delineation on the moderately austere and sneaky long finale. One to definitely consider if you can find it.