Vosne-Romanée Premier Cru 'Malconsorts', Domaine du Clos Frantin, 2017
Vosne-Romanée Premier Cru 'Malconsorts', Domaine du Clos Frantin, 2017
- Red Still
- Organic
- Pinot Noir
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Always one of our benchmark and most popular wines, 2017 will prove no exception. The domaine has the largest plantings of this unrivalled premier cru, without question the first in line for elevation to Grand Cru status, so can select only the best grapes for elevage. Yet it remains half the price of the other parcel owners’ expressions and a fiftieth the cost of a bottle of neighbour La Tache! The nose is like raspberry mille-feuille with a fistful of crushed limestone crumbled on top, plus a deeper back of spice cupboard note balanced by some dried wildflowers. The palate is burlier with a core of spicy, earthy darker fruits and some rich and succulent tannins that really amplify the latitude and breadth of the wine. The finish is impressively energetic.
As Neal martin comments, Bichot can make “really quite delicious, complex wines that often surprise people in blind tastings when not swayed by the label.”
Drinking window: 2022 - 2055
What the critics say:
"Dense purple colour, the nose is much stricter than the Amoureuses but just as tense. If anything there is greater concentration here but the wine is shaped differently, with firmer stricter structure at the back, though the fruit flows over the tannins."
"An overtly floral nose features notes of plum, violet, lavender and an impressive array of spice and tea nuances. The muscular and powerful yet reasonably refined broad-shouldered flavors exhibit evident minerality on the beautifully persistent and indisputably built-to-age finale. As do all competent examples of Malconsorts, this will require extended cellaring to resolve the very firm structure."
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