The step up in class is unmistakable with gorgeously complex even kaleidoscopic and superbly elegant red black and violet aromas trimmed with a dazzling array of spices earth and a hint of smoke that adds unmistakable luster to the round intense muscular and exceptionally stylish broad-scaled flavors that possess excellent power and a building intensity that develops from the mid-palate to the explosive yet seductive finish. I really like the purity of expression here on the sappy and mineral-infused finish that has a dusty quality from all of the dry extract that coats the firm tannins. This is a big '07 built on a base of firm minerality but it remains impeccably well balanced and should live for decades so patience is definitely a virtue if you are a potential buyer.

Smoked meat and salt- kelp- and iodine-laced maritime mineral overlays to the sweetly ripe berry and pit fruit concentrate of de Vogue's 2007 Musigny Vieilles Vignes make for a Pinot as intriguing as it is eager to caress and please. Plush polished and possessed of formidable sheer sap it displays an energy and interplay seldom revealed in this vintage. A mineral savor of crustacean shell reduction keeps pace with nearly candied sweetness of berry fruit - and keeps you salivating uncontrollably - all the way to a distant finishing line.