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Subregion | France > Burgundy > Côte de Nuits > Vosne-Romanée |
Colour | Red |
Type | Still |
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**Note: from a .70 ha parcel of 55+ year old vines that for the last 5 years has been worked exclusively by horse**
Here there is more evident wood framing the cool, airy and restrained nose of essence of red pinot fruit, lavender, violet, sandalwood and Asian-style tea. A super-sleek, even silky, medium weight flavors brim with both minerality and dry extract where the latter buffers the firm tannic spine shaping the balanced, gorgeously long and youthfully austere finish. As one would reasonably expect, this is still very backward and should amply reward mid to perhaps even longer-term cellaring. In a word, excellent.
Tasted from several barrels, the 2017 Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Cros Parantoux was showing very well, unfurling in the glass with aromas of sweet berries, dark spices, grilled meats, rich soil and rose petal. On the palate, it's full-bodied, multidimensional and concentrated with a sappy core of fruit and the vertical line that routinely marks the wines from this comparatively cool site, concluding with a long and precise finish. It's a brilliant wine.