Bouchard Pere & Fils Vosne Romanee 1er Cru Les Suchots Vertical 2005/2007/2008/2010/2011/2012 (6x0.75L)

2005: "Bright, deep red. Pungent, sexy aromas of strawberry, raspberry, cocoa powder and incense. Wonderfully fresh and gripping wine whose sheer sappiness and extract suggest a long and graceful evolution in bottle. But this beauty is also impossibly sexy today. Finishes vibrant and very long, with palate-dusting fruits, minerals and spices." - Vinous 93+pts

2007: "Flamboyantly aromatic nose offers sappy dark fruits and spices, with complicating notes of dried flowers and underbrush. Sweet and lush yet weightless, with superb energy and perfume to the complex flavors of berries, spices and flowers. Perfectly integrated acids give this wine an ethereal quality. A real time-capsule premier cru with a very pure, palate-staining finish that boasts outstanding juicy intensity." - Vinous 94pts

2008: "Latakia tobacco smokiness, game, and red berry distillates in the nose of the Bouchard 2008 Vosne Romanee Les Suchots usher in a silken-textured, brightly red-fruited, smoke- and spice-tinged, deeply carnal palate. Inner-mouth suggestions of faded flowers and decomposing tree stumps convey an alluring sense of decadence. Ginger and lemon rind invigorate on the finish, while deep, metaphorically dark, savory richness, nut oils, and maritime salinity well-up." - Wine Advocate 92pts

2010: "Inviting aromas of musky red berries, lavender and white pepper. Round, sweet and deep, offering complex, soil-driven flavors of raspberry, cranberry, smoke, spices, minerals and cocoa powder. Saline, sappy wine with a very long, subtle, rising finish and fine-grained tannins." - Vinous 93pts

2011: "Here the highly expressive nose is even spicier than that of the Beaux Monts if not quite as elegant with ripe black cherry liqueur and exotic tea aromas. The velvet-textured flavors are remarkably fine, indeed the word satin aptly describes the mouth feel. There is excellent volume and very solid mid-palate concentration, all wrapped in a balanced and impressively persistent finish." - Allen Meadows 90-93pts

2012: "Much sweeter on the nose than the Beaux Monts, offering scents of black raspberry and coffee. Supple, round and sweet; seems much more gently extracted and less bitter than the Beaux Monts. The dark raspberry and coffee flavors carry through to the persistent, juicy aftertaste, which features a fine dusting of tannins and excellent length." - Vinous 90-93pts