Domaine Hudelot-Noëllat, Vosne-Romanee, 1er Cru 'Les Suchots', 2023

This wine means business. It is rich and luxurious with the power and opulence you expect from a Les Suchots, but the winemaking here has harnessed this power, and we have a complex and long wine that is a pleasure from start to long finish. The nose is rich with cassis, fresh blood orange zest, crushed violets and rose thanks largely to the vines used here, which are the Domaine’s oldest, planted in 1910. This pure fruit carries through to the palate where the integration of the oak is seamless. Tension is maintained, framing the wine perfectly alongside the careful oak and fine tannin. This is a special bottle, rarely seen. A benchmark for elegance and finesse.