Aurelien Verdet, Vosne Romanee Beaux Monts other_regions_australia 35% Cabernet Franc

35% Cabernet Franc

this is textbook Clos du Roi

floral and a hint of the sauvage

As big as this is

It feels like this 2018 vintage is still warming up and is slowly putting on volume and weight

Aurelien Verdet, Vosne Romanee Beaux Monts other_regions_australia 35% Cabernet FrancThis opens with noticeable if not completely dominant reduction as there is enough spiciness evident to suggest that the funk is not permanent. And extended aeration did manage to dissipate the reduction though I underscore that it required two days of air to accomplish this. There is a lovely energy to the attractively well detailed medium bodied flavors that exude a very fine minerality on the velvety finish that delivers fine depth and length. I