The 2015 Vosne-Romanée Aux Reignots 1er Cru is showing a lot of new oak on the nose, although there appears to be sufficient fruit underneath to subsume that with time. The palate has a sorbet-like freshness on the entry, plenty of energy and tension interwoven from beginning to end, and hints of marmalade and blood orange that enliven the finish. This is a superb Aux Reignots. Tasted blind at the annual Burgfest tasting.

Good dark red. Very ripe but youthfully muted aromas of redcurrant and smoky, spicy oak complicated by licorice and crushed rock nuance. The deepest of these 2015s to this point, but with harmonious acidity giving definition and shape to its red and darker berry, spice and mineral flavors. More vertical than horizontal on the back half, displaying its high-altitude lift in its energy and precision. Finishes classically dry and very long, with firm but ripe tannins and alluring floral perfume and crushed-stone minerality. Has all the elements to make a great, long-lived bottle.

Cask sample. Dense and deep. A rather introvert member of the Comte Liger Belair family on the nose. Sleek and restrained. Shoulders up and tight for the moment. Should get there but wait! Almost austere. (JR)