2006 Alain Hudelot-Noellat, Clos de Vougeot, Grand Cru, Bottle (750ml)

"An earthy and maturing but bright nose features notes of mostly red berries along with hints of underbrush and anise. The delicious, vibrant and nicely textured medium weight flavors are relatively supple, and especially so for a relatively young Clos Vougeot in magnum format, while delivering very fine depth and persistence on the still mildly austere finale. This is coming along very nicely and while it's not quite fully mature, at least not for my preferences, it's sufficiently close that it could easily be enjoyed now. In a word, lovely." AM for BH Dec 2023