| Posted by:David Chan | Michel Gros Vosne Romanee - Clos des Reas 1998 | Sun Oct 03 05:12:49 EST 2004 |
| Friend's Birthday at Matteo's (2/10/04) - Colour: clear red-crimson with a pale crimson rim. Nose: cherries, gamey, with hints of what I can only describe as the waxy smell of lipstick. Palate: fair concentrated sweet fruit, of cherries and strawberries, with emerging aged characteristics of game and earthiness. Perfumed, smooth, silky fine tannins that finishes slightly grippy (though with food, this was not apparent at all) and that very interesting lipsticky hint. Long finish. Very easy to drink, and went very well with Matteo's grilled fillet of Barramundi. Still very much a fruit driven wine at this stage, though the game and lipstick hint at what is to come. Will be an interesting exercise to retaste this wine in a few years. | ||
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| Posted by:CellarGeek | Michel Gros Vosne Romanee - Clos des Reas 1998 | Mon Dec 09 10:51:43 EST 2002 |
| This color was a deep Burgundy red and the nose initially displayed a strong horse manure odor that also showed on the palate and the aftertaste. I also noticed some leather and perfume lingering on the nose, palate and aftertaste. Overall this wine seemed very complex. The tannins seemed relatively fine and the alchahol was not noticeable, as is the case with some New World wines. The length was not short and certainly very interested and pleasing. This wine should cellar well for 10 years and then provide a really interested drinking experience marked mostly by its complexity. This wine was profoundly more interesting and complex than the NZ pinots (Felton Rd '00, Ata Rangi '01) tasted just prior to it. | ||
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