| Region | |
|---|---|
| Subregion | France > Burgundy > Côte de Nuits > Vosne-Romanée |
| Colour | Red |
| Type | Still |
Tasted at the Burgundy 2003 dinner (non-blind.) This is a very impressive Clos Vougeot from Engel. Open knit and expressive on the nose, wild strawberry, red cherry and just a hint of hawthorn. The palate is medium-bodied, fleshy and sensuous with silky smooth tannins and superb weight. Very pure, very ravishing with nice backbone on the finish that should serve this wine for 5-8 years or more. Such brightness and clarity. Wonderful. Drink now-2018. Tasted April 2009.
The 2003 Clos Vougeot explodes from the glass with licorice, dark cherries, and a myriad of spices. A wine of considerable depth, it is packed with suave black fruits immersed in chocolate. Well-structured, ripe, and exceptionally long, it will merit a higher score if its alcoholic warmth is absorbed into the wine with time (something that sometimes occurs with Pinot Noirs). Projected maturity: 2008-2017.
On a freezing day in December 2004, I tasted this wine from barrel with the late Phillipe Engel and couldn't stop bursting into a grin. To this day, it remains the only wine I've purchased based on my own barrel tasting. I opened my first bottle in June 2017 and it lived up to my high expectations. Throw out Rovani's old projection of maturity that's in our database, and replace it with something like 2017-2030.
