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The 2018 Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru initially has quite a rambunctious nose with feisty blood orange and cherry liqueur. With aeration, it seems to fall apart and becomes quite disjointed and slightly volatile. The palate is medium-bodied with strict tannins. It seems to compensate for the wild nose but it is too linear and perhaps just lacks the flesh to keep it balanced. A wine that doesn't know what it wants to be...at least at this moment. Tasted blind at the Burgfest 2018 red tasting.
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Neal Martin
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The 2018 Clos Vougeot Grand Cru has an intriguing bouquet of dark cherries, bergamot and cassis, retaining the opulent aromatics that I noted last year. The palate is medium-bodied with grippy tannins, and quite closed at the moment, with a mineral-driven finish. This will certainly need 4–5 years to open, but there is good potential for this sturdy Clos Vougeot.