2013 Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru Tortochot, Burgund

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate - 2013 Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru, Tortochot

Tasted blind at Fine & Rare Wines' Clos Vougeot tasting, the 2013 Clos Vougeot Grand Cru from Domaine Tortochot has a slightly savory bouquet with redcurrant and cranberry, quite complex and opening nicely with aeration. The palate is medium-bodied with grainy tannin, a keen line of acidity and a pleasing bitterness with a sustained, quite tensile finish. Give this two or three more years in bottle and you will have a very interesting Clos Vougeot. This is much better than the bottle I encountered at the domaine last year. - Neil Martin, Nov. 2015

Allen Meadows' Burghound - 2013 Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru, Tortochot

Once again there is an herbal tea component to the even earthier dark currant aromas that are also trimmed in a deft touch of wood. There is good richness to the relatively supple medium-bodied flavors that possess reasonably good depth on the dusty, austere and slightly astringent finish. Once again the class of a grand cru is present but ideal balance isn't. - Allen Meadows, Jan. 2016