Jean-Marc Millot, Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru, Grand Maupertui

Still fruit-driven with raspberries and blackberries on the nose. Wood nicely integrated but still quite present. Velvety on the palate and still a soft tannic grip in the end. Would benefit from 3 more years to give up the vanilla, but that is a matter of personal taste. Even if so, extremely nice now. A wine for pure pleasure more than for a long night of archeological scrutiny

Tried this along with the 2019 and enjoyed the 2018 much more. Perhaps the 2019 needs more time to mature. Either way this was sublime. Silky smooth, nice fruit, really easy to drink and crowd pleaser.

The second bottle of Millot that I've tried (the first being a 2015 Vosne villages that was quite good). The nose here is definitely showing some ripe fruit, par for the course for the vintage. Interestingly, there's a pomegranate note that I quite enjoy. It's not the hyper crunchy post-modern style, but I'd say it's leaning in that direction. The palate is similarly ripe and juicy as the nose, but perhaps a little crunchier than the nose thanks to the …

Light red with dark notes; lovely deep concentrated black berries, hint of eucalyptus; nice, rich, rounded; really tasty and likeable