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Grands Crus
La Grande Rue, Monopole
Clos-de-Vougeot
Grands-Échezeaux
Échezeaux
Premiers Crus
Vosne-Romanée La Croix Rameau
Vosne-Romanée Les Malconsorts
Vosne-Romanée Les Chaumes
Vosne-Romanée Les Suchots
Nuits-St-Georges Les Cras
Appelations Village et Bourgogne
Vosne-Romanée
Bourgogne Hautes Côtes de Nuits
Bourgogne Passetoutgrain
Bourgogne Aligoté (blanc)
Bourgogne

SOIL
Clay-limestone
ORIENTATION
Due east
SURFACE AREA
0.52 acres
GRAPE VARIETY
100% Pinot Noir
AVERAGE AGE OF THE VINES
40 year old
AVERAGE YIELD
42 hectolitres per hectare maximum: about 900 bottles

Hand picked, 80 to 100% de-stemmed depending on the vintage.
Vatting period of about 15 to 18 days, in open oak vats at a low temperature (controlled by thermo-regulation).
In oak casks for between 16 and 20 months (between 60 and 100% new oak depending on the vintage).
Bottled with no fining and no filtering.
At least four years.
With all kinds of red meat, game and cheeses.
Display tasting notes for this wine.
Millésime 2006
Tasted in 2009 - Medium-full colour. Stylish, ripe, gently oaky nose; with a touch of mocha as it developed. Good vigour. Not the greatest depth but elegant and balanced. Quite forward. From 2013. 16.0
January 2008 - Classic ruby. The most expressive of these four Vosne 1ers at present with a spicy mix of mostly red berry fruit with a lovely floral note of rose petal that continues onto the equally spicy, pure and impeccably well balanced flavors that also evidence excellent precision on the intense, long and serious finish. 2013+ 89-92
10 Sep. 2009 - Mid ruby with a little evolution. Sweet and rich and with some energy. Hint of coffee/sweet oak but overall a very juicy, confident package. Just a bit dry on the end. And overall a little tired. I marked it down when I went back to it. Drink 2012-19. 16.5
Mar/Apr 08 - (Lamarche's 35-year-old vines are at the south end of this premier cru, which is essentially an enclave located mostly within Romanee-Saint-Vivant) Palish red. Reduced aromas of strawberry and smoke. A step up in intensity from the Chaumes, with a creamy texture and more depth. Still a bit youthfully tight, but the tannins are broader and sweeter and there's more supporting fat here. 88-91
"Déjà Bu" Tasting, 2009 15.35 (all testers, avg.)
Millésime 2007
January 2009 - There is also noticeable wood but here it is somewhat more subtle and does not impede the clear expression of the pure, airy and sophisticated spicy red and blue pinot fruit that precedes the very forward and supple middle weight flavors that are refined and detailed and culminate in a complex, balanced and harmonious finish. This is not especially concentrated but it certainly is pretty. To drink on the young side for a Vosne 1er. 2013+ 89-91

