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Wine Description
The Story
Vosne-Romanée is a commune rich in grand cru climats and a village replete with growers of the highest quality. One of the longest-established of this first division, owners inter alia of the monopoly of an excellent premier cru, Clos des Réas, and no less than 2 hectares, one quarter, in the best part of Richebourg, one of the grandest grands crus of them all, is the Gros family. There are now four separate Gros exploitations: Domaine Michel ...
Vintage 1993
In Burgundy 1993, an early flowering in the month of June, was followed by a wet early July before a hot dry August. The reds of 1993 are outstanding. They are powerful and concentrated with a firm backbone of ripe tannins. The whites although austere to begin with and slow to evolve have developed into magnificent well structured, powerful wines. A vintage that produced wines built for ageing.
Once again, expectations were high in Burgundy...