Supple, delivering cherry, strawberry and rose aromas and flavors allied to a lush texture and lively structure. This is all about finesse, with a long aftertaste driven by harmony and freshness. Best from 2025 through 2042. - Bruce Sanderson
Vougeot “Le Clos du Prieuré” Rouge Monopole Reviews


An exotic style, boasting sandalwood and floral aromas. Flavors of wild cherry, black currant and spice follow through. Ends with a long aftertaste of fruit and spice.

Very aromatic, offering sandalwood, incense, floral and berry notes, backed by sweet, ripe cherry and raspberry flavors and a silky texture. Structured and racy, this builds to a long, complex and expansive finish. –BS

Very aromatic, offering sandalwood, incense, floral and berry notes, backed by sweet, ripe cherry and raspberry flavors and a silky texture. Structured and racy, this builds to a long, complex and expansive finish. –BS

This was seriously reduced, indeed to the point where the nose was unpleasant. With 20+ minutes of aeration the funk gradually clears but the point is that it wasn’t immediate. When it finally does, the nose reveals ripe dark berry fruit, earth and soft spice nuances. There is excellent concentration to the relatively powerful medium-bodied flavors that possess fine depth on the moderately firm and structured finish that delivers
good if not truly exceptional persistence.

A distinctly sauvage nose reflects notes of dried flowers, damp earth and a very fresh mix of both red and
dark pinot fruit scents. There is fine precision and lovely punch to the medium weight and lightly stony
flavors that are supported by relatively fine tannins on the saline-inflected and persistent finish.
This is slightly finer than it usually is and should drink well after only a few years of bottle age.

Bright full red. Very reduced aromas of strawberry, coffee and game, plus a whiff of leather that carries through on the palate. Bright and spicy on entry, then creamy in the middle, but kept firm by pepper and herb notes. Then turns a bit dry on the back end, with underlying chalky minerality contributing to an impression of firmness. In a disjointed phase today.










