Bruno Clavelier Vosne-Romanee 1er Cru Les Beaux Monts Vieilles Vignes 2014 26REASONABLE Just skip the salt-and-slam routine

Just skip the salt-and-slam routine — it's better than that

and at this old-vine concentration the wine punches well above its village address

now part of the Domaines Barons de Rothschild (Lafite) portfolio

From the producer: In 1942

Bruno Clavelier Vosne-Romanee 1er Cru Les Beaux Monts Vieilles Vignes 2014 26REASONABLE Just skip the salt-and-slam routineLes Beaux Monts is one of the great Premier Crus of Vosne Romanee, sitting on the upper slope right next to Echezeaux and capable, in the right hands, of Grand Cru weight and complexity. Bruno Clavelier's hands very much qualify: biodynamic farming, old vines, and a deft, low intervention cellar style that puts terroir at the center. The 2014 vintage is a classical, transparent year in the Cote de Nuitspure, energetic, and built for time. A decade on,