Aurelien Verdet Vosne Romanee Vieilles Vignes 2018

Aurelien Verdet Vosne Romanee Vieilles Vignes 2018

Vosne-Romane is a small commune in Burgundy’s Cte de Nuits district, known mainly for its red wine from the Pinot Noir grape. Originally named just Vosne, the village took the suffix Romane in 1866 in honor of its most prized vineyard, La Romane (most communes along the Cte d’Or did this between the mid 19th and early 20th Centuries).

The commune’s area is grouped together with that of neighboring Flagey-Echzeaux and while the villages are entirely separate, their finest vineyards are clustered together immediately north of Vosne-Romane and take that latter title.

The classic Vosne-Romane wine is considered by many to have the perfect balance of weight, structure, elegance and longevity. Tasting notes often refer to a combination of tart red fruits (particularly cherries and raspberries) and darker elements of undergrowth, licorice and smoke.

The village has been a known source of quality wines for more than a thousand years, since the arrival of the monks of the Saint-Vivant monastery. Today, it makes wine almost exclusively from Pinot Noir, although up to 15 percent of the local white varieties are permitted, to allow for natural planting variations and mutations (Pinot Noir is notoriously genetically unstable).