2015 Vosne Romanee Les Suchots
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The 2015 Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Suchots (which hails from a parcel planted in 1910) is excellent, opening in the glass with a deep bouquet of cassis, cherry, smoked duck and burnt orange, elegantly framed by a discrete application of new oak. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, silky and ample, with serious depth and dimension, juicy acids and ripe, fine-grained tannins. While its serious structural chassis is nicely cloaked in concentrated fruit, this Suchots will benefit from a good decade of bottle age.
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Allen Meadows, Burghound
Neal Martin
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(this vineyard was planted about a hundred years ago, and features a high percentage of millerandage ): Bright, dark red. Very ripe but reticent aromas of black cherry, black raspberry and dark chocolate. Densely packed, very ripe, broad and fine-grained but showing little in the way of easy sweetness in the early going. Like the Chambolle Charmes, this is quite closed today and not yet showing its inherent complexity. But the wine's richness of material is already clear. Finishes with substantial tannic clout. "Always a blacker, denser wine than the Beaumonts," notes van Canneyt.
Discreet but not invisible wood serves as a relatively neutral backdrop for the exuberantly spicy aromas soy, hoisin, black raspberry, plum and floral scents. The generously proportioned and amply rich medium-bodied flavors brim with dry extract that imparts a sappy mouth feel to the velvety but firm and serious finale that makes clear this is going to require extended cellaring. In sum, this is an excellent Suchots. Dec 2016, www.burghound.com
The 2015 Vosne Romanee 1er Cru les Suchots has more personality and terroir expression than the Vosne-Romanée Beaumonts at the moment: more detailed and mineralité sutured into the precise black cherry and redcurrant scents. The palate is medium-bodied with grainy tannin, tightly wound but containing plenty of energy. With impressive length and persistence in the mouth, this is bound to be a top Suchots for long-term ageing, evincing the quality of the terroir. What a fabulous wine in the making. Dec 2016, www.robertparker.com, Drink: 2020-2042
About the producer
Founded in 1962 by Alain Hudelot and based in Chambolle-Musigny, Domaine Hudelot-Noëllat is today run by Alain’s grandson Charles van Canneyt and has become one of the region’s most respected estates.