Burgundy-Report

• By Bill Nanson
  4/1/2008 (link)

  (Remoissenet Père et Fils Vosne-Romanée) From bought grapes. Deeper in colour than yesterday’s Beaune. The nose starts a little diffuse and coarse - seems affected by CO2 - 10 minutes brings cohesion, deep spicy fruit and a trace of smoky coffee - actually it keeps getting better and better. Very nice. The palate starts very grainy - dissolved gas for sure. With 30 minutes of air you get much friendlier texture, slightly forward acidity but an impressive width as the flavour flows into a good finish. Versus the Beaune you miss a little tension and gras - this is also more expensive; a) your paying more for the name and b) it’s more expensive than the same bottling from e.g. Bouchard Père. It’s good and I enjoyed it, but it doesn’t show the same level of value.