2000 Vosne-Romanée Les Petits Monts 1er Cru

Wine Details
Place of Origin

France

Vosne Romanée

Burgundy

Color

Red

Grape/Blend

Pinot Noir

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All of the Drouhin family's holdings are farmed organically, and six hectares are now farmed according to the more radical precepts of biodynamie Organic viticulture produces riper fruit earlier, Veronique Drouhin told me, which means that the family needs to do less crop thinning to arrive at the same yields. As the Drouhins have improved their vineyard techniques, they plan to drop some of their long-time suppliers, even some with grand cru holdings, because they find their fruit "no longer acceptable," according to winemaker Laurence Jobard. Said Veronique: Our father wanted to bottle the 2001s very early, but then he left for his vacation and we decided to wait." Most of the 2001s had been racked a couple weeks prior to my visit, and were a bit hard-edged from sulfiting.

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Veronique Drouhin describes the 2000s as "wines not for long aging." The Drouhins carried out a double triage, the first one in the vineyard to eliminate damaged clusters. "The Cote de Beaune wines are uneven," said Veronique, "but the Cote de Nuits wines were easy to vinify." In November, the 2000s did not offer the same verve as Drouhin more perfumed and aromatically precise '99s, which should rank among this producer's top vintages of recent years. Veronique noted that the family has been harvesting later since 1995 in an attempt to get a more thorough expression of terroir