Vosne Romanee 2007 Emmanuel Rouget

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With a lovely nose of cassis, black raspberry, black tea, and brown spices that carries onto a broadly rich palate, Rouget’s 2007 Vosne-Romanee illustrates the black fruit dominance and greater sense of ripeness that he thinks sums up this vintage’s difference from 2008. There is almost a honeyed sense of unctuosity in the finish, but at the same time one becomes aware of lurking tannins. Call me stubborn in my inability to see beyond the short-term for so many wines of this vintage, but I would recommend enjoying this over the next several years for the sweetness it shows in its youth, and I am more than willing to risk being pleasantly surprised if bottles eventually prove me wrong by shedding tannin and gaining complexity.