1999 Meo Camuzet - Vosne Romanee Cros ParantouxColour : Red Producer : Meo Camuzet Label Name : Vosne Romanee Cros Parantoux Country : France Region : Burgundy Sub Region : Cote de Nuits Appellation : Vosne Romanee Variety : Pinot Noir Vintage : 1999 Capacity : 750 ml Standard Bottle Rating : Wine Spectator 95 Tasting Note : A powerhouse of a wine. Combines a modern style (some toasted new oak) with pedigreed Burgundian terroir to near perfection. Thick but classy, this seductive Pinot bursts with

and it delivered all that I saw when I tasted it blind

There is plenty of power

Tasting Note : Intensely concentrated

cocoa-powder tannins

where significant day-night temperature variation helps preserve acidity and aromatic intensity

which she found harder to read given its alternating warm and cool spells

25% Merlot

The 2022 VGR draws on sources including the Yamhill-Carlton appellation

Colour : Red Producer : Chateau Brane-Cantenac Country : France Region : Bordeaux Sub Region : Margaux Variety : Proprietary Blend Vintage : 2003 Capacity : 750 ml - Standard Bottle Ratings : WA91 - Wine Advocate Tasting Notes : This is another Margaux estate that has become re-energized and is now producing wines consistent with its 150-year-old classification

Drink now through 2004

with an enveloping core of fleshy

top red examples such as Clos du Château de la Maltroye demonstrate the village's overlooked potential for Pinot Noir