2017 Domaine de Montille, Vosne-Romanee Premier Cru, Aux Malconsorts 3x75cl

Neal Martin (92-94)

The 2017 Vosne-Romanée Les Malconsorts 1er Cru is entirely whole cluster fruit matured in 50% new oak. It has a backward and reticent bouquet, yet one can tell there are coiled up black fruit here, mixed with raspberry coulis and mulberry scents. The palate is medium-bodied with dense, slightly chewy tannin at first, grippy and assertive in style. Yet it manages to retain admirable balance with an engaging, quite saline, lightly spiced finish that fans out with style. Excellent.

Drinking window: 2022-2045

Review date: 01/01/2019