Eugenie Vosne Romanee Clos D'Eugenie 2018 (750ML)

90-92 VM / 89-92 BH / 17 JR

The 2018 Vosne-Romanée le Clos d’Eugénie is matured in around 30% new oak this year and includes 50% whole clusters. It has a very attractive bouquet of well-defined cranberry and wild strawberry fruit, and fine mineralité and tension are on display. The palate is medium-bodied with fine-grained tannins, darker fruit vis-à-vis the Vosne Village and a saline, black-pepper-tinged finish. Recommended. - Neal Martin, Vinous Media

Here too moderate wood sets off slightly riper if otherwise similar aromas that offers perhaps just a bit more spiciness. There is more richness to the slightly bigger flavors that possess a highly seductive velvety texture that carries over to the bitter pit fruit-inflected finish that is slightly firmer. While the prior wine should drink well relatively young, this beauty of a Vosne villages will need at least a few years first. - Allen Meadows, Burghound

Mid cherry red. Super-refined aroma of dark-red fruit. A touch of stemmy freshness on the nose, slightly herbal. Tight, lithe, dry and full of energy, with a rocky/stone dry quality to the tannins. Extreme. Freshness is in the aromas. Winemaker Michel Mallard says it was very gourmand when first in barrel but that after 12 months it has lost that richness and become much tighter in the mouth. Elegant and tight on the palate. Dry, corseted and elegant. Long too. - Jancis Robinson