"Purchased by Alphonse Gros in 1860, they have just celebrated the 150th anniversary with the 2009 vintage which carries a special label. At just over two hectares in one triangular walled plot on the eastern edge of the village, this sheltered spot has a mixture of marl and lime-stone soil. The marl gives the wine elegance and silky tannins which makes it approachable young but do not be deceived, this wine ages superbly. Incredibly harmonious with soft, fragrant fruit, a more feminine cuvée than the Brûlées. (AB/SM)
90-92 Points - Allen Meadows, Burghound.com
This is also distinctly toasty with very spicy and seriously ripe aromas of cassis, black berry and red currant that give way to rich yet well-delineated medium-bodied flavors that possess a mouth coating and velvety texture on the seductively lingering and naturally sweet finish. Here again there is a sufficiency of mid-palate sap that successfully integrating the wood with a few years of bottle age should not be much of a risk."
Michel Gros had arrived back from a trip to Asia ten minutes before our own arrival but despite the jet lag he valiantly grabbed a pipette and showed us down to the cellars where we tasted through the 2010s as well as some 2009s and 2007s. Michel’s wines have deep colour and are full of flavour and density.
The estate’s signature wine is the Clos des Ré-as, a walled vineyard (Clos) of just over two hectares which belongs solely to the domaine (a monopoly). It achieves an extra degree of ripeness courtesy of the surrounding wall and its proximity to the village. Its subsoil matches that of Romanée St Vivant which no doubt ex-plains its beautiful finesse.
In 2009 they celebrated the 150th anniversary of buying this vineyard
