Joseph Drouhin, Vosne Romanee 1er Cru other_regions with sweet black cherry and

with sweet black cherry and blackcurrant fruit

Underneath all of that plush fruit is a stony core of structure and myriad spicy complexities that should sustain it for decades to come

it still manages to remain refined and well-balanced

the ’09 is excellent nonetheless

Straddling the fence between opulence and freshness

Joseph Drouhin, Vosne Romanee 1er Cru other_regions with sweet black cherry and(from Les Malconsorts, Chaumes and Petits Monts). A ripe if highly restrained mix of red and blue fruit is liberally sprinkled with spice and floral notes. There is good volume and solid mid palate density to the seductively delicious big bodied flavors that are shaped by a phenolically mature tannic spine, all wrapped in a mildly rustic but highly persistent mineral inflected finish. Note well that this muscular and robust effort is definitely going