1996 Domaine Anne Gros Richebourg Grand Cru

1996 Domaine Anne Gros Richebourg Grand Cru

NEW WORLD STYLE
It's rare to find a red burgundy that tasted like a new world wine, and against all odds, a classic winemaker like Anne Gros from a very traditional plot of Richebourg decided to attempt new world style.
I'm not sure if you have Ribena in your country, a black currant concentrated juice from UK, it smelled exactly like a grape juice concentrate. Content was similar too, extremely sweet, huge reduction, bright and big, very new world style. Not my type of style as expected.

11 Mar 2016
RICHEBOURG #1
Served blind, how often do we have such a lineup of almost all Richebourg labels displayed under the sun? With apologies to Thibault Liger Belair, Leroy, Mongeard Muneret and Albert Bichot.
This bottle caught my attention initially, but didn't have a solid ending. Bouquet of very steely, rich, slightly barnyard, dried flowers and particularly dried rose petals nose. Palate was very pleasant and smooth, melts in the mouth, good fruits, easy to drink. Unfortunately it went downhill quickly.