There is a distinct sense of restraint to the moderately austere

Opaque purple/black in color

Very cohesive

Then again

This is a dazzling effort

Joseph Drouhin, Vosne Romanee 1er Cru other_regions There is a distinct sense(from Les Malconsorts, Chaumes and Petits Monts). A ripe if highly restrained mix of red and blue fruit is liberally sprinkled with spice and floral notes. There is good volume and solid mid palate density to the seductively delicious big bodied flavors that are shaped by a phenolically mature tannic spine, all wrapped in a mildly rustic but highly persistent mineral inflected finish. Note well that this muscular and robust effort is definitely going