Vosne Romanée Cros Parantoux, Domaine Emmanuel Rouget 2002

The nose is classy, wonderfully elegant and utterly pure, revealing concentrated aromas of red and black pinot fruit aromas plus layers upon layers of spices, including sandalwood, anise, soy, hoisin and a strong note of minerality. The linear, almost severe flavors are concentrated as well with finer tannins than usual and decidedly higher acidity than the Echézeaux and the precision is almost painful. This is not a powerful wine, and certainly less powerful than the Ech but it's a good deal more elegant and this too possesses impeccable balance that should permit it to age for 2 decades, perhaps longer. There is a touch of wood on the backend that still has to harmonize but I don't see how it won't with this caliber of raw material. Drink 2014+

The nose is classy, wonderfully elegant and utterly pure, revealing concentrated aromas of red and black pinot fruit aromas plus layers upon layers of spices, including sandalwood, anise, soy, hoisin and a strong note of minerality. The linear, almost severe flavors are concentrated as well with finer tannins than usual and decidedly higher acidity than the Echézeaux and the precision is almost painful. This is not a powerful wine, and certainly less powerful than the Ech but it's a good deal more elegant and this too possesses impeccable balance that should permit it to age for 2 decades, perhaps longer. There is a touch of wood on the backend that still has to harmonize but I don't see how it won't with this caliber of raw material. Drink 2014+