Stephen Tanzer (ST) — 92/100 · Vinous, 01/03/2017 · Drink 2024-2034
Bright red-ruby. Classic Clos de Vougeot aromas of dark cherry, licorice and minerals. Concentrated, spicy and sweet; surprisingly pliant in the middle palate for the cru and for the vintage but with lovely inner-mouth energy too. The dark fruit flavors are complicated by an element of saline minerality. Not as austere as I would have expected but still in a rather masculine style and finishing w…