Clos Vougeot 2014

Bright red-ruby. Classic Clos de Vougeot aromas of dark cherry, licorice and minerals. Concentrated, spicy and sweet; surprisingly pliant in the middle palate for the cru and for the vintage but with lovely inner-mouth energy too. The dark fruit flavors are complicated by an element of saline minerality. Not as austere as I would have expected but still in a rather masculine style and finishing with plenty of tannic clout. This deep, vigorous wine offers lovely lingering perfume. My score may prove to be unnecessarily conservative but this wine needs extended aging.