Malconsorts
Sometimes labelled ‘Les’ but more often Aux Malconsorts, the vineyard sits between the Grand Cru La Tâche and the border with Nuits-Saint-Georges. It sits on a favourable southeast mid slope on what is – for Burgundy – a fairly steep incline.
The soils varies considerably across its 5.9 hectare surface area, with deeper, reddish clay at the bottom; lighter clay with limestone pebbles at the top; and marl, replete with fossils in its easter section towards the 1er Cru Les Chaumes.
There’s debate about from where the name Malconsorts derives. It may point to the fact that this patch of land was once thick with scrub and thorns, and difficult to clear, or to the quarrels that ensued, over the centuries, regarding its ownership.
The wines can be brooding in their youth but reveal remarkable depth and aromatic complexity as they develop, with spicy and savoury aromas as well as the ethereal, floral notes synonymous with Vosne.
Three of its best exponents are De Montille, Sylvain Cathiard and Domaine Dujac.
