Vosne Romanée Les Beauxmonts, Domaine Bruno Clavelier 2016

This is the first wine to display any appreciable amount of wood though it's not so much to overshadow the more reserved and cooler nose of airy red currants, tea, anise, clove and a hint of rose petal. There is superb intensity to the delineated and even stonier medium weight flavors that terminate in a borderline rigid and austere finish that stops just short of being tough. This is a robust VRBM and my range offers the benefit of the doubt that this will better harmonize as it's awkward today.