Vosne Romanee Aux Brulees d`Eugenie Magnum 2012
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Vosne Romanee Aux Brulees d`Eugenie Magnum 2012
HED72725
150 cl
£325.00
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Healthy medum red. Redcurrant, coffee, sweet oak and a touch of soil-driven salinity on the nose. Sweet, concentrated and fine-grained; a step up in class and nuance from the village wines, offering a more satisfying balance between fresh fruit and saline elements. Perhaps not as sappy or imploded as the 2013 version but shows the concentration that comes from very low yields. Finishes with fine-grained tannins and building length.Stephen Tanzer1st March 2015
Jancis Robinson
The 2012 Vosne-Romanee 1er Cru Aux Brulees comes from the domaine’s 1.14-hectare of vine that in 2012 yielded just four barrels, three new and the other 1-year old. It has a perfumed, floral bouquet with heady scents of dark cherries, black plum and minerals that unfurl in the glass, the oak present but embroidered into the fruit. The palate is underpinned by filigree tannins, silky smooth dark cherry and cassis fruit that build towards a gently caressing cashmere finish that lingers in the mouth. This is a sophisticated Aux Brulees that should age over 15 to 20 years.
Just as the Right Bank rarely fraternizes with the Left Bank, so Bordeaux and Burgundy have fostered a mutual indifference, one that is incomprehensible to outsiders who revere them as the king and queen of fine wine. There are odd exceptions to the rule, but I for one will always remember a conversation when one of the big cheeses of Bordeaux had not a clue about “Domaine de la Romanee-Conti”. When the untimely passing Philippe Engel led to his vineyards falling into the hands of Francois Pinault, one of the wealthiest men in France and proprietor of Chateau Latour, there were Pinot-tinged murmurings that his coveted holdings ought to have remained in calloused Burgundian hands, a vigneron who could exploit them in a traditional manner. And if the Bordelais find that unpalatable, then it is exactly the same there. Just ask Edouard Labruyere of Jacques Prieur who had “Go home Bourguignon” graffiti daubed on the walls of Chateau Rouget when his family bought it. And whilst I uphold Philippe Engel as one of the truly great vignerons of recent years, time moves on and it was important to approach the estate, re-born as Domaine d’Eugenie with an open mind and to keep in mind that a Burgundy winemaker was installed at the helm. I have tasted at their cellars twice before. Initially, I felt that the wines seemed over-eager to impress. The delicate, magical touch of Philippe Engel is not something that c
Just as the Right Bank rarely fraternizes with the Left Bank, so Bordeaux and Burgundy have fostered a mutual indifference, one that is incomprehensible to outsiders who revere them as the king and queen of fine wine. There are odd exceptions to the rule, but I for one will always remember a conversation when one of the big cheeses of Bordeaux had not a clue about “Domaine de la Romanee-Conti”. When the untimely passing Philippe Engel led to his vineyards falling into the hands of Francois Pinault, one of the wealthiest men in France and proprietor of Chateau Latour, there were Pinot-tinged murmurings that his coveted holdings ought to have remained in calloused Burgundian hands, a vigneron who could exploit them in a traditional manner. And if the Bordelais find that unpalatable, then it is exactly the same there. Just ask Edouard Labruyere of Jacques Prieur who had “Go home Bourguignon” graffiti daubed on the walls of Chateau Rouget when his family bought it. And whilst I uphold Philippe Engel as one of the truly great vignerons of recent years, time moves on and it was important to approach the estate, re-born as Domaine d’Eugenie with an open mind and to keep in mind that a Burgundy winemaker was installed at the helm. I have tasted at their cellars twice before. Initially, I felt that the wines seemed over-eager to impress. The delicate, magical touch of Philippe Engel is not something that c
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