Domaine Type: Grower/ Negociant
Winemaker:Olivier Leriche
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Tasted blind at the Burgfest tasting in Beaune, the 2013 Vosne-Romanee 1er Cru Les Suchots has a fragrant bouquet with small red cherries, redcurrant and wild strawberry, elegant and perfumed, understated even but unfurling in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with sappy red berry fruit, crisp acidity and grippy tannins like the Suchots from Francois Lamarche, but here there is more class and harmony, more complexity towards the minerally finish. Excellent. Tasted September 2016.
Anticipated maturity: 2018-2035
Bright, dark red. Aromas of black fruits, bitter cherry, licorice, dried flowers, fresh herbs and spices are nicely perfumed but less explosive in the early going than the 2014. Very pure and reticent in the mouth, conveying strong energy and piquant pepper and herb notes to the flavors of black raspberry and licorice. Like the Clos des Forets Saint-Georges, this is tightly wound today but the fruit is dense and bulletproof. The wine’s strong, dusty tannins will require extended cellaring, but there’s almost certainly more to come here.
Anticipated maturity: 2023-2035
