2015 Domaine Anne Gros, Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru, Le Grand Maupertui, Bottle (750ml)

VM95 "Medium red. Fresh, pure but reticent aromas of raspberry, spices and earth. Very ripe but initially reserved, hinting at wild raspberry, soil and dark chocolate. Aeration brought building inner-mouth perfume, revealing the wine's superb sappy depth and spicy lift. Not demonstrative today but one can sense the serious underlying structure of this wine, not to mention its rare combination of density and finesse of texture. Finishes with sexy sweetness, tangy tannins and terrific length." ST for VM Jan 2018

Neal Martin for RobertParker.com writes, "The Rue du Commune in Vosne-Romanée is home to many well-known winemakers: the Mugnerets, Lamarche’s and not one but two members of the Gros dynasty, cousins Michel and Anne. Anne Gros’ winery is always spotlessly clean and this year I tasted with Anne and her oldest daughter of three children, whose images are enshrined in the glass stained window in the barrel cellar stairwell.
I have been enjoying Anne’s wines for many years now. They are often clinical in style, which I don’t mean in a negative way. There is a meticulous, fastidious approach to winemaking here and that is translated into the wines, so much so that I feel that in their youth they can appear to be bereft of personality. The Richebourg was somewhat predictably a tour de force, although the Clos de Vougeot was another great offering from within those medieval stone walls. I was also impressed by the Vosne-Romanée Les Barreaux, punching above its weight for a village cru." BT 93-95Pts Published: Dec 30, 2016