Anne-Francoise Gros, Richebourg Vintage:2023 There are also understated marmalade

There are also understated marmalade notes with a suggestion of crème brûlée furnishing the weighty finish that goes on and on

A discreet touch of reduction still allows the earthy red berry and black cherry aromas to express themselves

Despite its slender personality

And it is only going to get better from here

(from two very large parcels of vines totaling over 3 ha)

Anne-Francoise Gros, Richebourg Vintage:2023 There are also understated marmalade(the Richebourg parcel now totals . 6 ha after it was combined with the vines that formerly belonged to Michel Gros, which he agreed to exchange so that he could keep the Vosne 1er Clos de Ras as a monopole of Domaine Michel Gros. The Richebourg vines have been replanted 3 times and they are now 15, 25 and 70 years of age). Strong reduction obliterates the nose though there is plenty of vibrancy and life to the mineral driven, intense and focused big