Vosne Romanée Malconsorts, Domaine Hudelot-Noellat 2013

**Note: from a .5 ha parcel**
Canneyt noted that this was the last wine in the range to finish its malo and it showed as the nose was markedly lactic and reduced. Otherwise this classic Malconsorts with its robust, muscular and imposingly-scaled flavors that brim with minerality on the powerful, focused and strikingly long finish. My range obviously assumes that the nose will clean up but there should not be much risk that it won't. Good stuff.

The 2013 Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru les Malconsorts was the latest to finish its malolactic in mid-September. The nose has plenty of energy: red berry fruit, orange sorbet, wet limestone and fresh prune scents. The palate is primal with a dense body of red fruit. There is better weight here than the Suchots with more persistence on the peacock’s tail finish. Is this the Malconsorts of the vintage?