2013 Vosne Romanee Cros Parantoux
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The 2013 Vosne-Romanée Cros Parantoux 1er Cru has an exquisite bouquet with refined, minerally red berry fruit, orange rind, hints of freshly rolled tobacco and a little bouquet garni . Complex and utterly engaging. The palate is clean and fresh with gentle grip. It's a little angular perhaps, but it settles down nicely with wonderful harmony and grace that manifests after a couple of hours. Detailed and focused on the finish, this is divine. Tasted at the Méo-Camuzet dinner at Arbor in Hong Kong.
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Neal Martin
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
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(this only finished its malo in October): Good deep red. Sexy if restrained aromas of medicinal black cherry, raspberry, minerals and coffee. Sappy and tactile but youthfully closed, with strong minerality giving the powerful black cherry and spice flavors terrific clarity and tension. Strong medicinal reserve here. Offers a scintillating balance between fruit, acidity and salinity and finishes with outstanding length. Grand cru quality.
The 2013 Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Cros Parantoux has a really quite alluring, complex bouquet with broody dark cherry, blackberry leaf and cold wet stone aromas that are both detailed and intense. The palate is medium-bodied with supple, razor-sharp tannins that form a lattice around a core of red fruit. There is a pastille-like purity and an electrifying finish, whose "current" feels long in the mouth. This is very classy: a great Cros Parantoux, terroir shrugging off what the season threw in its way.
The 2013 Vosne-Romanee 1er Cru Cros Parantoux has a really quite alluring, complex bouquet with broody dark cherry, blackberry leaf and cold wet stone aromas that are both detailed and intense. The palate is medium-bodied with supple, razor-sharp tannins that form a lattice around a core of red fruit. There is a pastille-like purity and an electrifying finish, whose "current" feels long in the mouth. This is very classy: a great Cros Parantoux, terroir shrugging off what the season threw in its way. Dec 2014, www.robertparker.com