Anne-Francoise Gros, Vosne Romanee Clos Fontaine Vintage:2013

Anne-Francoise Gros, Vosne Romanee Clos Fontaine Vintage:2013(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

Tasted blind

wild herbs

fresh and lightly textured effort that has medium-bodied richness

Perhaps it just needs more time

the former bringing power

aged in two-thirds new oak

Already quite soft and round on the front palate with fine tannins only on the very end

Brilliant ruby

citrus and a similar hint of rosemary oil

A slightly riper set of red and black pinot fruit aromas enjoys added latitude by the presence of strong earth

This is most impressive but doesn’t offer quite the same sheer depth of its two grand cru siblings

The grapes finished a slow and steady ripening process over an extended growing season