2017 Vosne Romanee Les Petits Monts
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The 2017 Vosne-Romanée Les Petits Monts 1er Cru has a lovely, very well-defined bouquet of ebullient red cherries, crushed strawberry and rose petal aromas. The palate is medium-bodied and quite savory, with lithe tannins, well-judged acidity and hints of dried blood and spicebox toward the finish, which lingers nicely. Excellent. Tasted blind at the Burgfest 2017 tasting.
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The Wine Advocate
Neal Martin
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The 2017 Vosne-Romanée Les Petits Monts 1er Cru has a mixture of red and black fruit on the nose, hints of dark chocolate and orange zest emerging with time. The palate is a little disjointed, although Maxime Cheurlin mentioned that it was late finishing its malolactic. It comes together on a finish that feels quite sharp at the moment. I might not judge this for now and revisit it later.
This too is softly spicy with its elegant and distinctly cool array of plum, violet, rose petal and Asian-style tea wisps. There is once again excellent energy and intensity to the almost pungently mineral-driven middle weight flavors that are at once classy yet muscular and on the balanced, focused and saline finish. This too is going to require at least some patience before it will be reasonably approachable.
About the producer
Domaine Georges Noëllat, based in the village of Vosne-Romanée is today run by Maxime Cheurlin. Cheurlin took over the domaine in 2010 – aged just 20 – and has since transformed its reputation as one of the finest Burgundy wine producers.