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Robert Parker (95)
The 2018 Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Beaux Monts opens in the glass with a brooding bouquet of wild blueberries, cassis, woodsmoke and peonies that's framed by a lavish but nicely integrated application of high-quality new oak. On the palate, the wine is medium to full-bodied, muscular and textural, with a deep and layered core, fine-grained tannins and a long, penetrating finish.
Vinous (95)
The 2018 Vosne-Romanée Les Beaumonts 1er Cru is matured entirely in new oak. It has a more floral bouquet than the Village, and it’s quite intense, although you might argue that the Vosne-Village boasts just as much definition. The palate is well balanced with blood orange, dark plum, hints of blueberry and candied orange toward a detailed, structured finish befitting this noble vineyard. Excellent.
Burghound (94)
Here too there is evident but not dominant wood present on the pure, airy and cool aromas of cassis, black cherry and a pretty array of spice elements. There is fine density to the caressing and intense mineral-driven medium weight flavors that possess excellent complexity on the sappy and sneaky long finale. This is very Beaux Monts in character, which is to say that is an intensely stony wine of elegance and finesse.
Jasper Morris (96)
Huge deep black purple. A sweet dense dark fruit, blacker notes, no wood taste because of the intensity of the fruit, all in balance. Distinguished with a pleasing freshness of dark raspberry, very long. Finesse and balance and a vineyard which can support the new wood every year according to Emmanuel Rouget. I did note some dry wood tannins but that may be actually a good thing, alongside the succulence of the fruit.
BOW (9-)
