2010 Vosne-Romanee Aux Brulees

The 2010 malos mostly finished just before the 2011 harvest, at which time Bruno Clavelier assembled the various barrels of each cuvee so that they'd all finish at the same time. He describes the 2010s as "generous but not spectacular, with silky, noble tannins and huge polyphenolic concentration." He added that their acidity would preserve their fruit, noting that pHs here are always on the low side, thanks in part to his very high percentage of ancient vines. Clavelier told me that chilly weather in September of 2010 stopped the spread of rot. In 2011, in contrast, rain in early August triggered rot in many sites, but a heat wave later in the month kept it from spreading.