but that word did not appear in my original tasting note as they are totally buffered by the wine's extract-rich fruit

Lively and rather compelling

crushed chalk and then a silky citric grip

earth and stone-suffused aromas

Luciano Sandrone and his daughter Barbara tell me that the 2014 harvest needs explaining

Lucien Le Moine, Vosne Romanee Petits Monts Vintage:2017 but that word did notLike the Vosne Romane Beaux Monts, this is wonderfully fresh and highly aromatic with its violet, lilac, rose petal and orange pekoe tea scents that include both red and dark currant. There is a bit more size, weight and controlled power to the slightly less mineral inflected flavors that exhibit a taut muscularity on the dusty, harmonious and strikingly persistent finale. This is terrific and very much built to age, indeed its like a smaller version