Domaine Mommessin Clos de Tart Grand Cru 2006

Moderate new wood frames very ripe black raspberry and cherry aromas that are exceptionally fresh and dissolve into rich, suave and very pure full-bodied flavors that are wonderfully seductive as they just ooze dry extract that renders the otherwise very firm tannins almost invisible on the mouth coating, concentrated and strikingly long finish. While this is certainly a big wine, it is actually quite refined and elegant, indeed very much in the style of the '01 as [Sylvain] Pitiot [ régisseur (resident manager) of Clos de Tart] suggests. A very impressive effort and there is upside potential here as this is still very backward and the quality of the underlying material is superb. Drink from 2014+. Score - 92-94. (Allen Meadows, burghound.com, Jan. 2008)