2013 Vosne Romanee
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Palish medium red. Musky scents of raspberry, coffee and red licorice, plus hints of game and earth. Juicier than the village Nuits, displaying more lift and inner-mouth floral character, along with a touch of salinity supported by fresh flavors of spicy red fruits and flowers. Very good volume and length here. This is actually more open today than when I tasted it from cuve in November of 2015. In fact, it could be enjoyed right now; will it shut down in the bottle?
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Neal Martin
Julia Harding MW, jancisrobinson.com
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Mid to pale crimson. Smells almost New World in its sweet aroma. Juicy and fresh, the tannins rounded. Straightforward yet has good length. (JH)
The 2013 Vosne Romanée Village, raised in 50% new oak, has a light raspberry preserve, strawberry-scented bouquet that needs just a little more definition. The palate is medium-bodied with light tannin, crunchy redcurrant and cranberry fruit with a nicely poised, easygoing finish.
The 2013 Vosne Romanée Village, raised in 50% new oak, has a light raspberry preserve, strawberry-scented bouquet that needs just a little more definition. The palate is medium-bodied with light tannin, crunchy redcurrant and cranberry fruit with a nicely poised, easygoing finish.||Alas, poor Maxime Chuerlin was having "car trouble" when I arrived at his winery in Vosne, though his stagiaire was on hand to take me through the wines in his family's living room, whose patio doors look out over the most prestigious vines possibly in the world. In fact, the young stagiaire and I embarked on an interesting exchange about Bordeaux and Burgundy since her family owns a very famous Saint Emilion Cru Classé. It was easy to tell that the experience had opened her eyes. ||Back to the wines and Maxime's 2013s were picked October 6-10 and were completely destemmed apart from 20% whole bunch fruit in the Echézeaux. As I remarked in last year's report, I think Maxime is a huge talent, someone destined for stardom. At the same time, I found some of the application of new oak on the "smaller" wines a little excessive and occasionally blurred the nuances between vineyards when there was no need. His fruit is good enough to not require that level of new oak, though on the Grand Crus it is assimilated better and did not impede the character of the wine. The 2012 provided more substance to support that level of new oak, but the 2013 was an entirely different matter and more prudence might have benefited the wines. Still, I enjoyed many of these "babies" and look forward to tasting his 2014s. Hopefully by then he would have made it back home.| eRobertParker.com.December, 2014
About the producer
Domaine Georges Noëllat, based in the village of Vosne-Romanée is today run by Maxime Cheurlin. Cheurlin took over the domaine in 2010 – aged just 20 – and has since transformed its reputation as one of the finest Burgundy wine producers.