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Cecile Tremblay, Vosne Romanee Vieilles Vignes 2009
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Reviewed by: Antonio Galloni
From jeroboam, Cécile Tremblay's 2009 Vosne-Romanée Vieilles Vines is still on the young side, but I imagine it is drinking superbly from regular bottles. A rich bouquet of black cherries, plums, Asian spices, smoked duck and creamy new oak precedes a plush, pure and expansive wine with a juicy core of fruit, succulent acids and a lingering finish. The polished, ample tannins are classic 2009, but the wine remains very fresh and energetic.
Reviewed by: Antonio Galloni
(includes a bit of the premier cru Les Rouges du Dessus) Aromas of blackberry, violet and chocolate, with a strong overlay of oak. Rich, broad and chocolatey but classically dry in the middle palate. Nicely saturates the palate on the ripely tannic back end.
About the Producer
Cecile TREMBLAY descends from a long line of vignerons. The story begins in 1921, with the union of Cécile’s great-grandparents, Edouard Jayer, a cooper in Nuits-Saint-Georges, and Esther Fournier who inherited vineyards from her family. Together they established and developed their own Domaine. The domaine’s vineyards were then eventually passed down to their five children. Renée, the youngest daughter, kept her share of the vineyards under métayage. Later on, Renée’s only daughter, Marie-Annick, grew the family holdings with her husband while keeping all vineyards under métayage. Cécile Tremblay, who had studied enology and viticulture in Dijon, reclaimed the family heritage and took over the management of the vineyards in 2002. A year later, Cécile bottled her first wines, Domaine Cécile Tremblay was born!
