2013 Vosne Romanee Beaumonts
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Tasted blind at the Burgfest tasting in Beaune, the 2013 Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Beaux Monts has a tightly wound bouquet, dark plum and raspberry fruit, a touch of blackberry, the oak nicely integrated although it is staying inside its shell for the time being. The palate is medium-bodied with sappy red cherry and raspberry fruit, the tannins finer than I was anticipating, the acidity well judged as it segues into a backward but focused, quite structured finish. Christophe Perrot-Minot's Beaux Monts has very good potential. Tasted September 2016.
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Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
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Saturated red-ruby. Very ripe nose offers scents of cherry cobbler, gingerbread and marzipan lifted by a floral topnote. Big, ripe and fleshy but a bit youthfully disjointed today owing to its strong acidity; superconcentrated without being heavy. Plenty of dimension here but quite backward, even medicinal on the back end. Lay this one down.
Wiry, tense and energetic, the 2013 Vosne-Romanée Les Beaux Monts is highly representative of the year. Dark red and purplish-hued fruit, cherry pit, flowers mint and crushed rocks open up in the glass, but today, the 2013 is mostly about texture. The precise, floral, lifted style is hugely appealing, although the wine is going to need at least a few years in bottle to fully come together. Distinct notes of stoniness linger on the close.
(from the rocky part of the cru, according to Perrot-Minot): Bright, dark red. Raspberry, mocha and gunflint on the nose, complicated by licorice and spices. Concentrated and sappy, showing more density and depth--if less early finesse--than the Fuées. I like this wine's combination of sweetness and spiciness. Finishes with a piquant suggestion of pomegranate.