Domaine Michele & Patrice Rion, Vosne-Romanee 1er Cru Les Beaux Monts, 2023 so050421 robert moncuit primary fruit beginning to cede

primary fruit beginning to cede to sous bois

put through malolactic

It is the most coveted 1er Cru in the village

5 hectares of south-east-facing vines planted in 1985 on sandy clay over soft tuffeau limestone

Domaine Michele & Patrice Rion, Vosne-Romanee 1er Cru Les Beaux Monts, 2023 so050421 robert moncuit primary fruit beginning to cedeLes Beaux Monts is a Premier Cru straddling Vosne Romanee, and Patrice Rion's parcel sits high on the north facing slope with a south east turn, on shallow soil over Comblanchien limestonevines his grandfather planted back in 1970. Vosne Romanee is the most aristocratic address in the Cote de Nuits, and Beaux Monts delivers that combination of perfume, minerality, and tension. Rion ferments with some whole clusters and ages in a good chunk of new oak,