2001 Domaine René Engel Vosne-Romanée

After a long period of being relatively restrained the nose is now quite open and expressive as it offers up lovely and now fully mature Vosne-style spice aromas that are at once elegant and pure. There is good vibrancy and detail to the delicious, detailed and lightly mineral-infused medium-bodied flavors that possess good richness and fine depth. I was clearly a bit too conservative in my early assessment of this wine and should continue to perform well for another decade as this is an exceptionally well-balanced and complex villages level wine.