A width of dark, classically spiced fruit. Mouth-filling, with clarity of line, almost sweeping flavours, the modest, slightly dry, tannin frames the flavours but with no visible grain. A wine with decent intensity and fine clarity - structural but this is still very good. Bottled one month.

Very ripe berry and plum aromas turn to raspberry puree. Full-bodied with layers of ripe tannins and wonderful dark fruit, creamy and ripe tannins and a flavorful finish. Loads going on. A little shy now. Give it two to three years to open. Try after 2022.

Slightly more subtle wood sets off the notably ripe liqueur-like aromas of various dark berries, violet and exotic tea. There is a lovely sense of underlying tension to the even more mineral-inflected flavors that terminate in a firmer and much more serious finale... 2030+

A deep nose. Round, with sweet fruit, proper structure, more than a hint of tannin. Very, very long - ooh - wait for this - it will be worth it. (Bill Nanson, UK)

The 2016 Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Beaux Monts wafts from the glass with a rich bouquet of ripe cherries, wild berries, sweet spices and smoked meats. On the palate, the wine is medium to full-bodied, ample and gourmand, with a rich core of succulent fruit, juicy acids and fine structuring tannins, concluding with a mouthwatering finish. This is a very strong showing from bottle. Drink 2020-2035

Medium deep purple, the nose needs to be fresher but that can be sorted out before bottling. Quite weighty on the palate, good depth to this, dark fruit, not much overt acidity but enough to balance the tannins. (Tasted prior to bottling)

A lovely and deep nose to fall into - it's a beauty. Round, a wine of volume in the mouth, but energy. not fat, -led. Lots of flavour complexity, less sweetness but waves of fine finishing flavour, really tasty wine indeed... Bill Nanson (UK)

A markedly spicy nose combines with notes of plum, violet and discreet lilac and sandalwood hints. There is excellent richness to the very rich, suave and seductively textured medium-bodied flavors where a subtle minerality adds lift to the caressing but firmly structured finale. This will need at least 5 to 7 years of bottle age. /2024+

Allen Meadows

The Vosne-Romanée Les Beaux Monts features pretty cherry, floral and spice aromas with mineral, sappy elements and a long, salty finish. By Bruce Sanderson (USA)

Very slowly there are red fruit tones, and yes, perhaps a little spice too. The nose grows and grows, eventually this is classic Vosne. Lovely mouth perfume here, a width of flavour, and ever-growing complexity. A little fine velvet finishing. Super length - very fine this. Yum! (cask sample) By Bill Nanson (UK).

Glorious colour with transparent ruby. Such a refined, incense and smoke, fragrant cherry and gentle truffle and briar wood. The palate has an enormously sweet core of fruit, the soft layering of vanilla and such fine gravelly and truffle intensity and savoury, dry character. Lively and deliciously focused in the finish, silky texture, great acid and tannin structure. (UK)

A discreet but not invisible dollop of wood envelopes ripe and very fresh aromas of sprice,
violet, red currant and plum. Much better mid-palate concentration... Worth checking out.