2006 Vosne Romanee Les Malconsorts
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The 2006 Vosne-Romanée Aux Malconsorts 1er Cru, which would have been made by Sylvain Cathiard himself, has developed wonderfully in bottle. It has a floral bouquet with quite plush black fruit, crushed violets and an almost Morey-Saint-Denis-like style. The palate is structured, and to quibble, I observe a little dryness just beginning to creep in towards the peppery finish. But otherwise, this is a generous, intense Malconsorts that still has at least a decade of pleasure to give.
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David Schildknecht, Vinous
Julia Harding MW, jancisrobinson.com
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The 2006 Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Aux Malconsorts from Sylvain Cathiard really blossomed in the glass, unfurling to reveal notes of plums, dark chocolate, rich soil, burning embers and some savory and hard-to-define bass notes, its new oak nicely digested at age 12. On the palate, the wine starts out a little foursquare but opens up to become quite expansive, more taut and controlled than the 2005 En Orveaux tasted the following day, with fine-grained but not yet melted tannins, a deep core of fruit and a long finish. An excellent Malconsorts with a full decade ahead of it.
Blueish purple. Purple fruit flavours. Thick and sweet. Lacks a little bit of freshness but handsome. Confident. A bit dry on the end. (JR)