Michel Gros, Vosne Romanee Reas Vintage:2010

Michel Gros, Vosne Romanee Reas Vintage:2010(a 2. 12 ha monopole with vines averaging 35 years of age and aged in 50% new wood). This is also quite spicy if perhaps not quite as elegant as that of the Brles though there is just as much depth. There is excellent punch and detail to the middle weight flavors that are less muscular but even more harmonious with the same fine depth and length. This is worth checking out. (91 93) 2021+

The 2004 Ricolma (100% Merlot) possesses stunning aromatics and layers of blackberry liqueur

smoked tea and a hint of animale that is also reflected by the focused and beautifully intense medium-bodied flavors that possess an unusually refined mouth feel

wild blueberries and black raspberries with touches of garrigue

intense and precise flavors that possess ample punch and vibrancy on the complex and moderately tannic finish

earth and a vaguely sauvage nuance

it was nuanced

with the energy and tension that is typical of the Nebbiolos of Gattinara

With swirling

its vinous core of fruit cloaks the vintage's brisk acids to achieve real plenitude in a year that's sometimes rather tautly austere

tomato aftertaste

one of the main objectives is to improve the knowledge of their vineyards

It spent 30 months in 60% new French oak