2018 Vosne-Romanée La Colombière

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: A new cuvée for the Mugneret family debuts with the 2018 Vosne-Romanée La Colombière, a bottling from one of the stonier lieux-dits that cluster around the village, where the domaine owns 86 ares planted in the 1960s over which they now have full control after the ending of an old sharecropping agreement. Wafting from the glass with an incipiently complex bouquet of raspberries, Asian spices, orange rind, black tea and incense, the wine is medium to full-bodied, supple and enveloping, with velvety tannins, terrific concentration and a long, precise finish. This is a touch finer-boned and even more elegant than the regular Vosne-Romanée this year, and it will evidently be worth a special effort to track down. - William Kelley, Jan. 2020

Allen Meadows' Burghound: An even spicier nose flashes a dark aromatic profile that gives way to supple, round and easy-going flavors that possess very good mid-palate density, all wrapped in a dusty, firm and youthfully austere finish that exhibits just a bit more energy. - Allen Meadows, Jan. 2020

Vinous: The 2018 Vosne-Romanée La Colombière is the debut release since the Mugneret family decided to separate their parcel of vines that lies just behind the maison, à la Comte du Liger-Belair. It offers scents of raspberry preserve and wild strawberry scents, and the 25% new oak is neatly integrated. The medium-bodied palate features succulent, pliant tannins matched with a fine bead of acidity and the purity synonymous with this address. A lovely debut. - Neal Martin, Jan. 2020