Mongeard-Mugneret Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Petits Monts

Champagne, Red Burgundy and Riesling - Q by Peter Chang (Q by Peter Chang - Bethesda, Maryland) : The same cellar at the 02 Echezeaux, i.e. excellent provenance. Initially, a bit tight, only showing non-descriptive red fruit and iron. With air, cool red and blue fruit, strawberry, blueberry, floral perfume, soy, a hint of sous bois, sweet spices and earth. Fully integrated palate, cool red and blue fruit, silky and polished, perfect amount of acidity, steely mineral, and a long …

Burgundy-Themed "European Lunch" (Mongeard-Mugneret and NSGs) (Zibbibo Restaurant, Palo Alto, California) : Medium bricking red color; brett, mature tart cherry and sous bois nose; touch of brett on the palate, maturing tart red fruit, sous bois, mineral palate with depth; medium finish

Expressive nose encompassing cherries, root beer, licorice, cocoa, and a briary earthiness. Very focused on the palate, already stripped of any baby fat, but still primary with very ripe cherry fruit gaining dominance as it breathes. At the three-hour mark it's actually slightly New Worldish for a Vosne, and not as elegant as expected for the cru due to the cherry-fruit spikes and slightly dry tannin. Still, lots of interesting stuff here.