Vosne Romanee Orveaux, Domaine Sylvain Cathiard 2008

A deft touch of wood sets off a ripe and highly expressive nose that is airy and very spicy while featuring layered and high-toned aromas of red and blue pinot fruit along with plum and Asian-style tea notes. There is good verve to the lacy, seductive and focused middle weight flavors that possess excellent length on the overtly mineral-inflected and lingering finale. This lovely effort is still developing well and will require another 5 to 7 years to arrive its full apogee but it should be well worth the wait.

A ripe and highly expressive nose that is airy and very spicy features layered aromas of red and blue pinot fruit along with plum notes that are in keeping with the lacy, seductive and focused middle weight flavors that possess excellent length. This is very poised, in fact it's Zen-like.