2022 Vosne Romanee Les Brulees

(from .15 ha holding on the north side of the appellation). This possesses the spiciest nose in the range, rivaled only by the Ech, on the liqueur-like nose of black cherry, wet stone and exotic jasmine tea aromas. The caressing yet punch bigger-bodied and more mineral-driven flavors possess a taut muscularity on the nicely persistent bitter pit fruit-inflected finish where a touch of wood slowly emerges. This firm effort will need to develop better depth to achieve the upper end of my predicted range.