(this parcel faces south/southeast and thus gets less afternoon sun; there's some clay in the soil, as with the Hautes Maizières): Bright, full red. Open-knit aromas of redcurrant, raspberry and tobacco. Silky and full but with lovely inner-mouth clarity and lift. The red fruit flavors are complicated by notes of licorice and menthol. Dense, sappy, rather youthfully compact wine, with a firm spine of tannins to support a graceful evolution in bottle. I'd open the comparatively sensual Brûlées first.

The 2013 Vosne Romanée Les Hauts de Beaux Monts, which comes from oolite bedrock with silt on top at the upper reaches of the incline, has a ripe, rounded bouquet with black cherries and blueberry fruit. The palate is medium-bodied, soft and supple with nicely judged acidity and an easygoing blueberry and cassis finish that neatly carries the 30% new oak. Simple, but effective, especially for those that like a slightly glossier Vosne-Romanée.