Lucien Le Moine, Vosne Romanee Malconsorts Vintage:2008

Lucien Le Moine, Vosne Romanee Malconsorts Vintage:2008An exceptionally fresh and even spicier nose combines red and black pinot fruit with really lovely floral notes that include rose, violet and lavender. The robust and overtly muscular medium weight plus flavors possess grand cru level power and impressive drive on the explosively long and stunningly complex finish. There is an abundance of dry extract that makes this seem less firmly structured than it is but make no mistake, this will need all of 15

Clean and fresh

I really enjoy the action on the palate

This isn’t super-complex at present though the material appears to be present such that more depth will almost certainly develop and my range presupposes that will occur

and it is incredibly impressive

67 ha parcel situated entirely in terres rouges soil in the south-west portion of the vineyard)

were bottled already in September

As is usually the case this is notably more elegant than the straight Chablis with its nose of pretty citrus

There is good volume to the ripe and delicious middle weight flavors that are shaped by moderately firm tannins on the robust and solidly well-concentrated finish

perfectly harmonious flavors are astonishingly rich yet finely detailed

The harvest date returned once more to that of tradition

apricot and hints of resin marry into rich

which is impossible