Anne-Francoise Gros, Vosne Romanee Clos Fontaine

Anne-Francoise Gros, Vosne Romanee Clos Fontaine(a monopole of the domaine). There is generous wood toast on the otherwise pretty, spicy and fresh nose of cool red pinot fruit aromas. The delicious and attractively textured medium bodied flavors possess fine mid palate concentration along with fine length on the mouth coating finish. This is a very nice effort in terms of its balance and density but its carrying more wood influence than I can personally warm up to as it sweetens and rounds off the

The 2020 Pinot Noir Bien Nacido Vineyard comes from across the estate and was matured in about 45% new oak

This is very classy and I very much like the innate sense of balance

it’s expressive and nicely complex and this depth continues onto the punchy and tangy middle weight flavors that possess good persistence and finishing pop

it's immediately charming and seductive

the 2010 Beau-Sejour Becot reveals a lifted

As the description confirms

with the citrus and floral notes holding the fruit at bay for now

Once again

Here the nose blends both upper and lower register aromas as the pretty red berry liqueur-like notes combine with pungent earth and iron nuances

offering alluringly sweet black raspberry

the stems seem to have surrendered more here

and cinnamon