Moderately saturated bright red. Aromas of pastry, sweet spices and cherry pit. Then rich, deep and sweet in the mouth but less tangy, delineated and showy today than the Aux Brûlées. Shows a more viscous texture but this is more backward at this stage and not showing quite the crushed red fruit éclat of the Brûlées. But this is longer.

The 2014 Vosne Romanée les Haut de Beaux Monts has a perfumed, quite floral, rose petal-scented bouquet with fresh strawberry and Morello. The palate is fleshy on the entry with good extraction without losing balance. It is not a complex Vosne-Romanée, but it is smooth and harmonious with a silky finish. Enjoy over the next 5-6 years.

Light bright cherry red. Red-fruited but perhaps a touch of cedar. Firmer structure than the Chambolle Combe d’Orveaux but tannins are finely polished and accessible. Deep, generous and still super-fresh. (JH)