Anne Gros, Richebourg other_regions A highly spiced nose speaks

A highly spiced nose speaks of anise

a touch of asparagus gives the wine a greenness in the middle palate but there's also plenty of supporting dark fruit and graphite minerality

black cherries and crushed blackcurrants notes plus hints of Sichuan pepper

tilled soil and mossy bark over a core of fresh blackcurrants

74 ha parcel of 35+ year old vines)

Anne Gros, Richebourg other_regions A highly spiced nose speaksThis has begun to show the barest hints of secondary aromas combined with reserved but nicely complex fruit and full bodied, rich, solidly structured flavors with very good if not exceptional length. This has plenty of extract and should have no problem evolving well because the tannins are both round and reasonably ripe. That said, this is unlikely to ever completely shed its considerable tannic structure.