Appellations
Village · Côte de Nuits
Vosne-Romanée
red · 150
Eight grands crus, the most expensive village wine in Burgundy, and no flat land to speak of.
Under the vines
Mid-slope limestone with a shallow clay fraction, continuous across the commune.
In the glass
Warm spice over red fruit, with a texture both fine and substantial.
Why it sits here
Camille Rodier's line (there are no common wines in Vosne) survives because the commune has almost no poor ground.
Commonly misread
That the village wine is a cheap way into the grands crus. It is expensive, and it is still village wine.
Names worth knowing
Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, Sylvain Cathiard, Méo-Camuzet, Emmanuel Rouget, Anne Gros