Prieure Roch Les Clous 2015 1.5L

Prieuré Roch's Vosne-Romanée Les Clous 2015 in magnum, a village red from the bottom of the Vosne slope. 2015 was a rich, ripe year with good acidity, and ten years on the wine is still full of fruit.

About This Wine

The domaine's parcel lies at the foot of the hillside below the village, split between the lieux-dits La Colombière and Le Pré de la Folie. The name was chosen for the wine first and only later attached to the plot. The domaine describes Les Clous as full-bodied and lively. In 2015 hot nights in late June and July made berries drop from the bunches, and the summer heat kept the rest small, so yields were modest and the wines concentrated. Ripe tannins sit behind the fruit, and the acidity is juicy rather than sharp.

Tasting Profile

• Nose: Ripe red and black cherry, with plum, rose and a little sweet spice.
• Palate: Generous and rounded, with plush fruit, ripe tannins and fresh acidity keeping it lively.
• Finish: Medium-long, with spice and a light earthy touch.

Serving & Food

Open about an hour ahead, decant if there is sediment, and serve at 16°C in Burgundy glasses. The magnum is drinking well now and should keep until the early 2030s. Serve with roast leg of lamb, pan-fried calf's liver, or crispy duck with pancakes.

How to Enjoy

A generous village Vosne for a table of friends, and a ripe-year counterpart to the leaner 2014.

Product Details

About the Domaine

The founding purchase of Prieuré Roch in 1988 was a group of Vosne-Romanée parcels that the Domaine de la Romanée-Conti had been farming. The DRC was selling them to help pay for a large piece of Romanée-Saint-Vivant, then farmed on behalf of the Marey-Monge family, and Henry-Frédéric Roch, whose family part-owned the DRC, took them on.

Les Clous is one of the village wines that has come out of that Vosne base. The vineyards are farmed organically, and in the cellar the wines are made with whole bunches and native yeast.