2006 Richebourg Grand Cru
France
Richebourg
Burgundy
Red
Pinot Noir (2023 vintage)
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Anne Gros was busy bottling her wines in Minervois when I visited the winery in Vosne-Romanée. So, her son, Paul, guided me through their portfolio augmented with cuvées from expired contracts belonging to Domaine Gros Frère & Soeur last year. These include not only Grands-Echézeaux, but also four wines now made under Paul’s own label.
“We did some green harvesting in 2023 as we did in 2022,” he tells me in the winery, surrounded by stainless steel vats. “Alcohol levels increased by a degree a week before the harvest. That was difficult, especially for vineyards such as Grands-Echézeaux, as we are still getting familiar with that vineyard. We started to pick on September 7, and five days later we had rain. We have a sorting table to eradicate the bad parts of any stems [so that the healthy stems could be added to the blend], but this was taking too much time, so they were only added to the Echézeaux.” Interestingly, exchanging conversation with Paul, he has a different approach to Anne Gros. He would like to utilize more stems, whereas she has always abided by Henri Jayer’s philosophy of complete destemming. Not to say one is right and one is wrong—it depends on the growing season and how they are used in each cuvée, but perhaps as Paul takes a bigger role, we might see a slightly revised approach?
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2022
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Anne’s son, Paul Gros, escorted me through the wines on this occasion. As well as the Domaine’s holdings, through a quite complex reorganization of the Gros family’s holdings, he has three cuvées under his name, vinified in the same winery but with a slightly different approach. He told me the harvest commenced on August 30 for the vineyards in Côte d’Or and the Hautes-Côtes on September 10. Because of the smaller volumes in 2021, they used slightly more new oak, between 40% and 50%, to continue the rotation of new and used barrels (usually, it is around 30%).
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2021
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“The beginning was difficult with the frost on 7 and 8 April,” Julie Tollot-Gros tells me as we enter their vat room. Their small but tidy portfolio of wine is tasted directly from stainless-steel vats as per usual. “We have 40% of the white wines and 60% for the red wines. We used candles in the Grand Crus, which is less efficient because of our position in the higher level of the vineyard. Still, the candles allowed us to make 10-15% more than we would have done. The summer was not so easy, as there were showers, though the Hautes-Côtes benefitted after the drought of 2020. It was a lot of work protecting the vineyards. We began picking on 21 September, and we had to do more sorting than in recent years, but only 5% was discarded.”
These wines definitely fit into the “classic” or “transparent” category of Burgundy reds, lighter than usual, though well-balanced and full of charm.
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Anne Gros herself was taking a well-earned post-harvest rest when I visited, though that is no problem these days as her daughter, Julie, is taking an increasingly prominent role in the running of the domaine in Vosne-Romanée. “There was a lower crop than in 2018,” she explained between darting from one stainless steel vat to another. “Each year we buy 30 new barrels. The normal total production would be around 120 barrels but in 2019 we had 100 barrels, then 80 barrels in 2020. We started picking on 17 September with the Bourgogne Rouge followed by the Grand Crus, the reds before the whites. All the wines are aged in around one-third new oak with all cuvées entirely de-stemmed. They will be bottled in December.” This is always a small portfolio crowned by their holding in Richebourg, though in 2019 the pair that caught my eye were an excellent Echézeaux that overtook the Clos Vougeot in its slipstream, also an over-performing Vosne-Romanée Les Barreaux that could pass as a Premier Cru. Occasionally I wanted a little more density and grip, though that is not their style these days.
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Anne Gros told me that she commenced picking on 4 September and harvested over nine days, enjoying the best yield since 1999. She found that she had to do little sorting as the berries were in such good health and they are all de-stemmed. I tasted all the wines directly from stainless steel vat as usual.
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Anne Gros is a winemaker who I have been visiting for a couple of decades – indeed, since long before I picked up a pen and started attaching words to wine. Hers is a small portfolio crowned by a slice of Richebourg inherited from the Gros family when she started out as the only daughter of François Gros in 1988. In the last two or three years, she has been accompanied by her daughter, Julie and you can see the reins of the domaine being gradually passed over to the next generation. Julie took me around the spotlessly clean winery occupied by their stainless steel vats. “We started the picking on September 7,” she told me. “The 20mm of rain we had at the end of August gave us more volume, perhaps an extra barrel per cuvée. That gives them a little less colour but makes them more approachable. All the wines are matured in one-third new oak, one-third a year old and one-third two years old.” The wines are, as Julie describes them, more easy-drinking in style compared to the frost-affected 2016s and the 2015, and lighter but still balanced. The Richebourg is not necessarily the best offering from the domaine and this year I am taken by their Clos de Vougeot Le Grand Maupertui, which comes highly recommended.
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Anne Gros picked relatively quickly in 2016, beginning on September 17, as the estate only had 50% of a normal crop. Her village vines in Chambolle-Musigny were most affected by frost (in fact, they went into a rosé for her personal consumption), with Clos Vougeot next worst, producing only seven barrels of wine from 0.94 hectare, or just over 16 hectoliters per hectare. Her Vosne-Romanée and Richebourg parcels were less affected, and her vines on the Hautes-Côtes escaped the frost. “But it was not a difficult vintage after the frost,” she told me in January, adding that “in principle, the tannins are riper in 2015 but I’m very content with the way the 2016s have turned out.” As is her normal practice, she destemmed all of her fruit. Gros told me she "hates the idea of stems," finding them vegetal or even animal. "I wouldn't want to eat them, so why would I want them in my wines?" The '16s were bottled in December, as is customary here.
I was too late this year to taste Gros’ ‘15s, as the limited quantity of 375-milliliter bottles she puts aside for early tastings with critics had been consumed. We tried a few bottles that Gros was not confident about, and in fact they had slipped corks and were not representative. But I did taste a sensational Clos Vougeot that showed none of the candied fruit character that Gros feared finding in some of her ‘15s, despite the fact that these wines were bottled with roughly similar pHs to the ‘16s.
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Anne Gros began harvesting on September 7, with potential alcohol levels of 13% or higher; she chaptalized her grand crus to 13.5%. The natural fullness and glycerol of the wines will give them ageworthiness, Gros maintained. With the exception of the Vosne-Romanée, the '15s were already in tanks in November, and Gros planned to bottle all of her 2015s by the end of 2016.
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Anne Gros originally described her 2014s as “approachable and voluptuous” but in the bottle they show the purity, precision and transparency for which her wines are prized Happily, the tannins are supple Gros told me she likes her wines best between 5 and 15 years after the vinification, which sounds like a safe bet for most Burgundy collectors who do not have consistently cold cellars Incidentally, her 2001 Richebourg, at age 15, was one of the standouts of my tastings of this vintage (a full report to follow in a few weeks)
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Anne Gros originally described her 2014s as “approachable and voluptuous” but in the bottle they show the purity, precision and transparency for which her wines are prized. Happily, the tannins are supple. Gros told me she likes her wines best between 5 and 15 years after the vinification, which sounds like a safe bet for most Burgundy collectors who do not have consistently cold cellars. Incidentally, her 2001 Richebourg, at age 15, was one of the standouts of my tastings of this vintage (a full report to follow in a few weeks).
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Anne Gros brought in her grand crus in 2014 with natural alcohol as high as 13% but still did some chaptalization to prolong the fermentations. She lost 20% of her fruit to hail in Clos Vougeot and Echézeaux and began harvesting on September 15. Gros describes the young '14s as "approachable and voluptuous but with enough acidity to hold well." She added that the wines have more material and tannins than the 2013s. At the time of my November visit, all of the wines except for the Vosne-Romanée were in tanks.
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Anne Gros told me that she was "uncomfortable" with the lateness of the harvest in 2013 and did a Draconian selection, but now she likes "the touch" of the tannins. The wines were very irregular in their development and in their malolactic fermentations, but Gros did her normal December (2014) bottling. She believes that the wines have less tannins and less material in general than the 2014s and will probably be best suite for earlier drinking. Gros did not make a Chambolle villages due to losses to wild boars and rot. According to her daughter Julie, "we threw out half of the fruit and the rest was not at village quality, so we declassified it into our Bourgogne."
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Anne Gros waited until October 7 to start harvesting because she felt that the grapes had too much acidity and wanted to get riper tannins. Eventually she brought in her grand crus with potential alcohol in the healthy 12% to 12.5% range (following the elimination of the pink grapes) and chaptalized "a bit more than one degree." She used slightly less new oak than usual in 2013 and although she routinely destems all of her fruit she vinified with about 60% uncrushed berries in '13. "The 2013s do not have the structure for long aging but they will be very agreeable to drink in the medium term," she concluded. Gros sold off her Chambolle-Musigny due to losses from botrytis and wild boars, and I did not have a chance to taste her normally superb Vosne-Romanée Les Barreaux as it was in a tank without a faucet.
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Anne Gros told me in November that she has never seen a vintage like 2012. "We had very small but healthy grapes with very little juice in them. And almost no sorting was needed. The vintage is reminding me more and more of 2002." Gros pointed out that she loves drinking her wines between 5 and 15 years of age, but I found a couple of the young '12s rather clenched in the early going and I doubt that her top two grand crus will be anywhere near their peaks by 2020.
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I tasted most of the 2012s here out of tank with Anne's daughter Julie in November.She described the '12s as "well-balanced, with good acidity and present but soft tannins," noting that the vintage featured the deepest colors since 2003.There was barely half of a normal crop in 2012, she told me. (A Peter Vezan selection; importers include North Berkeley Imports, www.northberkeleyimports.com; Craft+Estate/The Vintner Group, www.craftandestate.com; H2Vino, www.h2vino.com and Arborway Imports, www.arborwayimports.com; also imported by Atherton Wine Imports, www.awiwine.com)
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"Pretty, classic pinot for mid-term aging" is how Anne Gros described her 2011s."The wines were tannic at the beginning and the fruit is finally arriving in the last few weeks," she added."The fruit was ripe but not overripe at harvest, and some of the tannins came from the seeds."In comparison, she told me, due to more millerandage--and fewer seeds--in 2010, the earlier vintage has creamier texture and sweeter tannins.But these 2011s boast terrific energy and purity.Gros started harvesting on August 31 and finished on the Hautes Cotes on September 16.The early grapes in 2011 came into the winery even hotter than in 2003, she pointed out, and no cold maceration was possible as the fermentations started quickly.As is normally the case here, the new vintage had been assembled in stainless steel tanks in mid-October.Incidentally, Anne's daughter Julie had just started working with her the day before my visit. (A Peter Vezan selection; importers include North Berkeley Imports, www.northberkeleyimports.com; Michael Skurnik Wines, www.skurnikwines.com; and The Vintner Group, www.thevintnergroup.com; also imported by Atherton Wine Imports, www.awiwine.com)
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Despite the small size of her estate, Anne Gros usually needs at least three weeks to harvest, as she begins with chardonnay and finishes very late with her vines in the Hautes Cotes de Nuits. In 2010, the harvest stretched from September 19 through October 16. Gros loves the 2010 vintage for its "crystalline quality and completely millerande grapes. The wines have color, extract and structure but they're still silky and delicate, minerally, sparkling and airy." Gros always destems her fruit, although she admitted to having experimented with vendange entier in 2002. "During the vinification I felt miserable," she commented. "After five or six years the wine wasn't bad, but it's just not my style." (A Peter Vezan selection; importers include North Berkeley Imports, Berkeley, CA; Michael Skurnik Wines, Syosset, NY; and The Stacole Company, Boca Raton, FL; also imported by Atherton Wine Imports, Atherton, CA)
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Anne Gros began harvesting in 2009 on September 10, but picked at leisure, eventually finishing with her chardonnay on September 27: "In recent years, the chardonnay has ripened behind the pinot, though it used to be the opposite." Gros believes the 2009s will be accessible early but will have the stuffing to age for 15 years. "The wines have finesse; they're not overextracted and the tannins are noble." I tasted the 2009s out of stainless steel tanks, where they had recently been assembled. (A Peter Vezan Selection; importers include by North Berkeley Imports, Berkeley, CA; Michael Skurnik Wines, Syosset, NY; and The Stacole Company, Boca Raton, FL; also imported by Atherton Wine Imports, Atherton, CA)
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Anne Gros was in a distinct minority among the growers I visited in November in telling me that although the 2008s are more complex than the 2007s, they are wines to drink early. She waited longer than usual to start harvesting in 2008 and then picked slowly, ultimately bringing in a small crop following a serious selection. "The wines are fruity but not ambitious," she told me. "The tannins are refined but the wines lack the acidity for long aging." Still, she prefers the young 2008s to the 2007s. (A Peter Vezan selection; importers include North Berkeley Imports, Berkeley, CA; Michael Skurnik Wines, Syosset, NY; and The Stacole Company, Boca Raton, FL; also imported by Atherton Wine Imports, Atherton, CA)
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Anne Gros has bottled two sensational grand crus from vintage 2005, and it will be a shame if their lucky owners open these bottles too soon, as they are begging for a decade of cellaring. Two thousand six, on the other hand, possesses rounder tannins and is characterized by redder fruits and sweet, soft spices, according to Gros. "These wines will be a pleasure to drink early and in the medium term while waiting for the '05s," she advised. (A Peter Vezan selection; importers include North Berkeley Imports, Berkeley, CA; Michael Skurnik Wines, Syosset, NY; and The Stacole Company, Boca Raton, FL; also imported by Atherton Wine Imports, Atherton, CA)
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Anne Gros has bottled two sensational grand crus from vintage 2005, and it will be a shame if their lucky owners open these bottles too soon, as they are begging for a decade of cellaring. Two thousand six, on the other hand, possesses rounder tannins and is characterized by redder fruits and sweet, soft spices, according to Gros. "These wines will be a pleasure to drink early and in the medium term while waiting for the '05s," she advised. (A Peter Vezan selection; importers include North Berkeley Imports, Berkeley, CA; Michael Skurnik Wines, Syosset, NY; and The Stacole Company, Boca Raton, FL; also imported by Atherton Wine Imports, Atherton, CA)
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Anne Gros described 2005 as "the easiest year I have ever had, in terms of the work in the vines, the growing season itself, the health of the vines and the vinification. The wines are fresh thanks to excellent acidity. There's a good grain to the tannins; they're not the austere wines of a dry year. Everything is in balance." Gros did a fairly short 12-day cuvaison in 2005, following her longest cuvaison to date in 2004. She never exceeds 32oC for the fermentation and sometimes the maximum is more like 30o. (A Peter Vezan selection; importers include North Berkeley Imports, Berkeley, CA; Michael Skurnik Wines, Syosset, NY; and The Stacole Company, Boca Raton, FL; also imported by Atherton Wine Imports, Atherton, CA)
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Anne Gros described 2005 as "the easiest year I have ever had, in terms of the work in the vines, the growing season itself, the health of the vines and the vinification. The wines are fresh thanks to excellent acidity. There's a good grain to the tannins; they're not the austere wines of a dry year. Everything is in balance." Gros did a fairly short 12-day cuvaison in 2005, following her longest cuvaison to date in 2004. She never exceeds 32oC for the fermentation and sometimes the maximum is more like 30o. (A Peter Vezan selection; importers include North Berkeley Imports, Berkeley, CA; Michael Skurnik Wines, Syosset, NY; and The Stacole Company, Boca Raton, FL; also imported by Atherton Wine Imports, Atherton, CA)
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Anne Gros told me that she was afraid of getting a hail taste to the wines in 2004. The fermentations were long and troubled, she said, and at the beginning she had the impression that the colors were not stable. But although the color took a long time to come, she told me, now it's stable and normal. The pHs were a bit higher than usual, though, and she planned to finish the bottling before Christmas. Gros still does not own a table de trie, preferring instead to eliminate less desirable grapes in the vines. Incidentally, she told me she loves the 2003s for their "profound richness, volume and balance, and for their cote solaire of black fruits and spices. We had a lot of tiny, superconcentrated grapes, but they were not grilled by the sun. " (A Peter Vezan selection; importers include North Berkeley Imports, Berkeley, CA; Michael Skurnik Wines, Syosset, NY; and The Stacole Company, Boca Raton, FL; also imported by Atherton Wine Imports, Atherton, CA)
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Anne Gros told me that she was afraid of getting a hail taste to the wines in 2004. The fermentations were long and troubled, she said, and at the beginning she had the impression that the colors were not stable. But although the color took a long time to come, she told me, now it's stable and normal. The pHs were a bit higher than usual, though, and she planned to finish the bottling before Christmas. Gros still does not own a table de trie, preferring instead to eliminate less desirable grapes in the vines. Incidentally, she told me she loves the 2003s for their "profound richness, volume and balance, and for their cote solaire of black fruits and spices. We had a lot of tiny, superconcentrated grapes, but they were not grilled by the sun. " (A Peter Vezan selection; importers include North Berkeley Imports, Berkeley, CA; Michael Skurnik Wines, Syosset, NY; and The Stacole Company, Boca Raton, FL; also imported by Atherton Wine Imports, Atherton, CA)
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Anne Gros picked between August 25 and 28, and carried out a short, cool vinification featuring a two-day cold soak and just six days of fermentation.She told me she added a bit of acidity to her grand crus not for the vinification but just as she moved the fermented wines into barrel.She likes the "eclat de fruit" of this vintage.Gros benefited from very late malos, and had only racked the wines in late October, prior to moving them to tank. (A Peter Vezan selection; importers include North Berkeley Imports, Berkeley, CA; Michael Skurnik Wines, Syosset, NY; Arborway Imports, Lexington, MA; The Stacole Company, Boca Raton, FL; also imported by Atherton Wine Imports, Atherton, CA) Also tasted: Chambolle-Musigny*.
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Anne Gros picked between August 25 and 28, and carried out a short, cool vinification featuring a two-day cold soak and just six days of fermentation.She told me she added a bit of acidity to her grand crus not for the vinification but just as she moved the fermented wines into barrel.She likes the "eclat de fruit" of this vintage.Gros benefited from very late malos, and had only racked the wines in late October, prior to moving them to tank. (A Peter Vezan selection; importers include North Berkeley Imports, Berkeley, CA; Michael Skurnik Wines, Syosset, NY; Arborway Imports, Lexington, MA; The Stacole Company, Boca Raton, FL; also imported by Atherton Wine Imports, Atherton, CA) Also tasted: Chambolle-Musigny*.
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Anne Gros describes her young 2002s as creamy, silky wines that will age well.In comparison, she adds, the 2001s are spicier wines characterized by blacker fruits and more marked by their tannins. The 2001s have a denser texture and more structure than the 2000s, which are more open today and have lower acidity," says Gros, who routinely chaptalizes between a half and a full degree. (A Peter Vezan selection; importers include North Berkeley Imports, Berkeley, CA; Michael Skurnik Wines, Syosset, NY; Arborway Imports, Lexington, MA; The Stacole Company, Boca Raton, FL; and Vintner Select, Cincinnati, OH)
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Anne Gros describes her young 2002s as creamy, silky wines that will age well.In comparison, she adds, the 2001s are spicier wines characterized by blacker fruits and more marked by their tannins. The 2001s have a denser texture and more structure than the 2000s, which are more open today and have lower acidity," says Gros, who routinely chaptalizes between a half and a full degree. (A Peter Vezan selection; importers include North Berkeley Imports, Berkeley, CA; Michael Skurnik Wines, Syosset, NY; Arborway Imports, Lexington, MA; The Stacole Company, Boca Raton, FL; and Vintner Select, Cincinnati, OH)
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Anne Gros' description of 2001 and 2000 tracks the majority opinion in Burgundy. The 2001s are fresher, with blacker fruit aromas and flavors, and the grape sugars were slightly lower than those of 2000. In 2000, the fruit was practically falling off the vines when we harvested." Gros picked her 2000 Richebourg on the early side to preserve freshness, and the result is one of the more exciting wines of the vintage. (A Peter Vezan selection; importers include North Berkeley Imports, Berkeley, CA; Michael Skurnik Wines, Syosset, NY; Arborway Imports, Lexington, MA; The Stacole Company, Boca Raton, FL; and Vintner Select, Cincinnati, OH)
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Anne Gros' description of 2001 and 2000 tracks the majority opinion in Burgundy. The 2001s are fresher, with blacker fruit aromas and flavors, and the grape sugars were slightly lower than those of 2000. In 2000, the fruit was practically falling off the vines when we harvested." Gros picked her 2000 Richebourg on the early side to preserve freshness, and the result is one of the more exciting wines of the vintage. (A Peter Vezan selection; importers include North Berkeley Imports, Berkeley, CA; Michael Skurnik Wines, Syosset, NY; Arborway Imports, Lexington, MA; The Stacole Company, Boca Raton, FL; and Vintner Select, Cincinnati, OH)
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Anne Gros describes her 2000 fruit as very ripe; slight acidification was necessary only in her Bourgogne and Clos Vougeot. The wines spent a long time on their lees, as the malolactic fermentations lasted through the summer. The '99s, filtered but not fined, have turned out extremely well. (A Peter Vezan selection; importers include North Berkeley Imports, Berkeley, CA; Michael Skurnik Wines, Syosset, NY; Arborway Imports, Lexington, MA; and Vintner Select, Cincinnati, OH)
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Anne Gros describes her 2000 fruit as very ripe; slight acidification was necessary only in her Bourgogne and Clos Vougeot. The wines spent a long time on their lees, as the malolactic fermentations lasted through the summer. The '99s, filtered but not fined, have turned out extremely well. (A Peter Vezan selection; importers include North Berkeley Imports, Berkeley, CA; Michael Skurnik Wines, Syosset, NY; Arborway Imports, Lexington, MA; and Vintner Select, Cincinnati, OH)
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Anne Gros describes the '99s as fruity and voluptuous, with good acidity as in '98. "The wines are unctuous and deep, and not at all aggressive," she added, "but the '98s may be more classic." Gros carried out a severe claircissage in her younger vines to hold down yields, and in her two grand crus brought in fruit with potential alcohol above 13.5%. (A Peter Vezan selection; importers include North Berkeley Imports, Berkeley, CA; Michael Skurnik Wines, Syosset, NY; Arborway Imports, Lexington, MA; and Vintner Select, Cincinnati, OH)
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Anne Gros describes the '99s as fruity and voluptuous, with good acidity as in '98. "The wines are unctuous and deep, and not at all aggressive," she added, "but the '98s may be more classic." Gros carried out a severe claircissage in her younger vines to hold down yields, and in her two grand crus brought in fruit with potential alcohol above 13.5%. (A Peter Vezan selection; importers include North Berkeley Imports, Berkeley, CA; Michael Skurnik Wines, Syosset, NY; Arborway Imports, Lexington, MA; and Vintner Select, Cincinnati, OH)
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Anne Gros completed a spanking new cuverie behind her house in time for the 1999 harvest. The new facility is completely air-conditioned and also features more effective heat exchangers to cool the must. The '98s showed stunningly in November; the challenge will be to get their extraordinary perfume and silky texture into the bottle. The crop was of a normal size in '98, said Gros, and the fruit was very ripe but without surmaturite. (A Peter Vezan selection; importers include North Berkeley Imports, Berkeley, CA; Michael Skurnik Wines, Syosset, NY; Arborway Imports, Lexington, MA; and Vintner Select, Cincinnati, OH)
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Anne Gros completed a spanking new cuverie behind her house in time for the 1999 harvest. The new facility is completely air-conditioned and also features more effective heat exchangers to cool the must. The '98s showed stunningly in November; the challenge will be to get their extraordinary perfume and silky texture into the bottle. The crop was of a normal size in '98, said Gros, and the fruit was very ripe but without surmaturite. (A Peter Vezan selection; importers include North Berkeley Imports, Berkeley, CA; Michael Skurnik Wines, Syosset, NY; Arborway Imports, Lexington, MA; and Vintner Select, Cincinnati, OH)
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Anne Gros brought in a very small crop with high sugars in 1997; very little chaptalization was needed. But the pHs were close to those of '95, according to Gros, and no acid adjustments were required. Except for the Vosne Romanee, the '97s were in tank in November, in preparation for a December bottling. Gros had not yet decided whether to filter her '97s, but noted that the wines had a lot of pectins and had been hard to clarify. The '96s at this address are among the standouts of the vintage, offering extraordinary sweetness and fleshiness to buffer their strong acids. (A Peter Vezan selection; importers include North Berkeley Imports, Berkeley, CA; Michael Skurnik Wines, Syosset, NY; Arborway Imports, Lexington, MA; and Vintner Select, Cincinnati, OH)
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Anne Gros brought in a very small crop with high sugars in 1997; very little chaptalization was needed. But the pHs were close to those of '95, according to Gros, and no acid adjustments were required. Except for the Vosne Romanee, the '97s were in tank in November, in preparation for a December bottling. Gros had not yet decided whether to filter her '97s, but noted that the wines had a lot of pectins and had been hard to clarify. The '96s at this address are among the standouts of the vintage, offering extraordinary sweetness and fleshiness to buffer their strong acids. (A Peter Vezan selection; importers include North Berkeley Imports, Berkeley, CA; Michael Skurnik Wines, Syosset, NY; Arborway Imports, Lexington, MA; and Vintner Select, Cincinnati, OH)
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Anne Gros was limping around her cellar in November: in addition to being pregnant with her third child, she was recovering from a sciatic problem that afflicted her while on vacation. Gros planned to put her extraordinary '96s into tank in late November, allowing the wines to settle for two months before bottling them in January. Thanks to what she described as the "squeaky-clean" nature of the vintage, she hoped to bottle without fining or filtration for the first time. (A Peter Vezan selection; importers include North Berkeley Wines, Berkeley, CA, The Stacole Co., Boca Raton, FL; Arborway Imports, Lexington, MA; and Vintner Select, Cincinnati, OH)
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Anne Gros was limping around her cellar in November: in addition to being pregnant with her third child, she was recovering from a sciatic problem that afflicted her while on vacation. Gros planned to put her extraordinary '96s into tank in late November, allowing the wines to settle for two months before bottling them in January. Thanks to what she described as the "squeaky-clean" nature of the vintage, she hoped to bottle without fining or filtration for the first time. (A Peter Vezan selection; importers include North Berkeley Wines, Berkeley, CA, The Stacole Co., Boca Raton, FL; Arborway Imports, Lexington, MA; and Vintner Select, Cincinnati, OH)
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