2006 - Vosne-Romanee 1er Cru Les Beaux Monts, Jean Grivot

Good full red. Cassis, black plum, smoked meat, flowers and spices on the nose. Plump on entry, then less forthcoming in the middle, showing a round texture but currently hiding its fruit. Less sweet than the Boudots. Finishes with substantial dusty tannins and very good length. Grivot pointed out that the cork on this bottle had a very tight grain, and that the wine was thus three or four months behind in its evolution. In fact, a second bottle that he opened was sweeter, suave and easier to taste but still had serious tannic clout.