2016 Vosne Romanée 1er Cru 'Les Malconsorts' 1,5 l Francois Lamarche
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The 2016 Vosne-Romanée Aux Malconsorts 1er Cru offers attractive pastille-like red berry fruit on the nose. Here the new oak is very well assimilated and allows the terroir to shine through. The palate is medium-bodied with fleshy ripe red berry fruit, a fine bead of acidity, impressive mineralité and precision towards the finish, although it does begin to flag with aeration, hence a lower score than I was hoping to give. Tasted blind at the 2016 Burgfest tasting.
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Neal Martin
Neal Martin, Wine Advocate
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The 2016 Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Aux Malconsorts has a more substantial bouquet than the Les Suchots this year, a mixture of black and red fruit (blackberry, crushed strawberry, briary, subtle autumn leafy scents percolating through with time). Like the other cuvées, there is very fine delineation here. The palate is medium-bodied with fine definition. This feels lithe and harmonious in the mouth, hints of tobacco and smoke filtering through the dark berry fruit and seguing into a spicy finish that leaves the mouth tingling for 45 to 60 second afterward. Excellent.
About the producer
Today run by the fourth-generation Nicole Lamarche, this property (previously known as Domaine François Lamarche) is firmly among the best in Burgundy. The Vosne-Romanée estate is most famous for its monopole Grand Cru La Grande Rue.