2017 Vosne Romanee Les Petits Monts
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The 2017 Vosne-Romanée Les Petits Monts 1er Cru has a backward bouquet of dark berry fruit, earthy and almost peat-like scents emerging with aeration. The palate is medium-bodied with sappy red berry fruit, tart red cherries, white pepper and a touch of garrigue toward the long finish. This possesses real density and structure. Great potential. Tasted blind at the Burgfest 2017 tasting.
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Neal Martin
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The 2017 Vosne-Romanée Les Petits-Monts 1er Cru is matured in 40% new oak and includes 20% whole bunches (Amélie Berthaut wanted more, but there was insufficient space in the tanks). This is plowed by horse since the vineyard is too steep to use a tractor. It has quite an intense bouquet, perhaps not quite as detailed as the Lavaut Saint-Jacques, opening with crushed violet petal aromas. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannin and saline in the mouth, leading to a finely tuned, lightly spiced and quite persistent finish. This is very promising.
The 2017 Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Petits Monts offers up an appealing bouquet of sweet red berries, dried flowers and orange rind, framed by a deft touch of wood. On the palate, the wine is medium to full-bodied, fleshy and supple, framed by a fine-grained but firm chassis of tannin that asserts itself on the finish. It seems to me that the improved farming that Berthaut has instituted since taking control of this parcel is beginning to make itself felt, as this is more vibrant than previous renditions.