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  • Country ranking ?

    1 477
  • Producer ranking ?

    270
  • Decanting time

    4h
  • When to drink

    from 2018
  • Food Pairing

    Salmon with a mild butter sauce

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The Story

Lying between Flagey-Échezeaux (home of the ÉCHEZEAUX appellation) and Nuits-Saint-Georges, Vosne-Romanée occupies a middle position in the Côte de Nuits. The vines grow at altitudes of 250 to 310 metres and face east or, in some cases, slightly south of east. Vosne-Romanée, the central jewel in the necklace of appellations which is the burgundian côte, is not content with holding a mere four aces but boasts a total of six Grands Crus, each on...

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Wine Information

2010 Harvest
The vigneron's work throughout the year is nothing other than a dialogue with his natural environment. The dialogue often becomes a combat in order to lead the vineyards and the crop towards the harvest and away from the precipices that lurk and have names such as: Mildew, Oidium, Botrytis... and many others.

Rarely has a vintage been so close to the precipice and then managed to save itself so successfully as the 2010. At the...

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Vintage 2010

THE 2010 BURGUNDY VINTAGE 

Compared with 2009, these figures represent a deficit of 25 percent in red and 16 percent in white.

It was a cold, drawn-out winter, some two degrees cooler than the average, though rainfall and sunshine were normal. There was one severe attack of frost on December 22nd, just before Christmas, which caused widespread damage on the upside of the main road from Beaune to Dijon. In many places the road is on highe...

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Tasting note

color

Medium, Ruby red and Bright

ending

Medium and Alcoholic

flavors

Vanilla, Toasty, Smoky, Floral and Perfumed

nose

Youthful, Complex and Tempting

taste

Average in Acidity, Warming, Low tannin, Youthful, Light, Weak and Silky tannins

Verdict

Wine for food

Written Notes

Good colour. Rich and meaty on both nose and palate. Less evidence of the stems than usual at this stage. Full body. Very good grip. Quite firm. Lots of depth and class. Very complex at the end. One of the best DRC Echézeaux for years. 18.0p

Expressive toasty and spicy nose with smoke, vanilla, violets and candied aromas. The palate lacks fruit, or it stays underneath the spirity and woody flavours. Somehow, the wine does not show intensity such as its "DRC sisters" from 2010. Hollow and spirity finish.
  • 87p
Bright ruby red in color. Lush and bright aromas of cherry candy, Asian spices, red currant and roses. Nicely structured with firm tannins and bright acidity, intermingled with a wealth of light but dark red fruit, red tea, rose petals, cherries and a streak of spicy oak.
  • 92p
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Origin

Vosne-Romanée, Burgundy

Vintage Quality

Excellent

Value For Money

Good

Investment potential

Good

Fake factory

Be Cautious

Glass time

1h

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Inside Information

Parker 94-96 points / The 2010 Grands-Echezeaux is totally weightless and beautiful. Crushed flowers, mint and sweet tobacco waft from the glass. The Grands-Echezeaux shows off phenomenal inner perfume and sweetness in a deceptively understated style that is immensely appealing. A seriously long, intense finish rounds things out in style. The 2010 is notable for a level of finesse that isn’t always a signature of this wine. Anticipated maturity: 2030-2050. 

I tasted the 2010s twice from barrel, once in the summer just as the wines were about to be racked and then again during my early December visit. On both occasions the wines were stellar. Like virtually all of his colleagues, co-manager Aubert de Villaine was surprised by the level of the 2010s given all of the challenges of the growing season. I could repeat everything de Villaine told me, but there is no better source than the man himself, so readers who want to learn more about the 2010 harvest may want to take a look at my interview with de Villaine on www.erobertparker.com. Overall, I am very impressed with the 2010s with the exception of the Corton, which appears to be a notch or two below the 2009. The 2010 that most greatly exceeds its appellation and historical level of quality is the Echezeaux. I also tasted the 2010 Vosne-Romanee Cuvee Duvault-Blochet but the domaine had not yet decided if the wine would be released. I will report on the 2009s in our April issue.

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