Domaine Michel Gros 2023 Bourgogne Hautes-Cotes de Nuits 'Au Vallon'

"Opening under a faint, quickly clearing haze of noble reduction, the Michel Gros 2023 Bourgogne Hautes-Cotes de Nuits ‘Au Vallon’ takes a minute with aeration to focus itself and reveal a mineral trimmed aromatic profile of pure red cherry, Earl Grey tea, and pine needles. The minerality here, more than just lending complexity, adds to the overall impression of freshness and precision. Texturally alert with a chiselled quality to the phenolics, and sculpted more by fine acid than tannins, the palate possesses further red cherry together with crushed raspberry, bay, and dried mandarin peel. Black tea touches add nuance. Really, what more could one want at this level when this wine is so disarmingly pure and delicious. In short: fine!" — David