Gros Frere et Soeur, Vosne Romanee 1er Cru

Gros Frere et Soeur, Vosne Romanee 1er Cru(this is declassified Echzeaux from vines located in Lochausses). A very ripe nose of red currant, plum, cassis and Vosne style spice is couched in mild oak influence that can also be found on the very rich, round and suave medium bodied flavors that are delicious and easy to like and culminate in a tangy and sappy finish. There is more here compared to the villages but its not quite as well balanced. 89 2014+

this elegant Champagne offers a fine

but it may well do just that

clean and delicious already

The exceptionally rich and generously proportioned flavors exude a fine bead of minerality on the pit fruit-inflected finish

savory and spicy flavors in the mouth and is supported by a low to medium level of rounded tannins

This borderline old school effort is sufficiently firmly structured to suggest that all of a decade will be necessary for it to arrive at its peak

Perhaps it just needs more time

The 2010 is not super-complex

Much like the Pucelles there is a suave and succulent mouthfeel to the medium weight flavors that are more tightly wound on the sappy

-- David Schildknecht

this is an impressive set of wines

wild fungi and crushed rocks plus a waft of powdered cinnamon