Couvent Clos Vougeot Grand Cru 2019

Winemaker Philippe Cheron draws from 75-year-old vines for his plot, which is just south of Michel Gros’s. The 2019 Clos de Vougeot from Couvent is tightly coiled and beautifully balanced.

Vinous’s Neal Martin scored it 92-94, praising its “attractive nose of brambly red berry fruit, morels and tobacco, nicely focused and showing good intensity,” and calling it “a superb Clos Vougeot.” Inside Burgundy’s Jasper Morris awarded it 93-95: “This is surprisingly easy-going at the front end then a little touch of acidity and more structure behind, providing the typically robust Clos Vougeot experience.”