1998 Robert Arnoux, Vosne-Romanée
Bright, shiny, medium, medium-plus ruby-red colour. The nose starts with quite a waft of spicy, toasty oak but fortunately this hangs around for only 10 minutes or-so. The end result is wide, with higher tones and mainly red fruits that have just an edge of black about them. There is good concentration with even an extra kick in the mid-palate – it’s all coupled with good, smooth texture too. Excellent acidity and long finishing – very successful and better than many a 1er cru.
Rebuy – Yes
Two interesting pieces I noted in the interweb in the last days; one on terroir and the other about a burgundy ‘transplant‘.
Enjoy…
There are 2 responses to “robert arnoux 98 vosne”
Hi Bill:
Nice note. Stylistically, how would you compare this to Engel’s VR from the same vintage?
Curious also if you think village offerings are good indicators of producer style.
Regards
Greg
Hi Greg,
Based on a limited experience of 3 or 4 similar vintages of each I would say the Arnoux is a little more oak driven, hence, has more ‘apparent’ concentration – or perhaps better to say ‘fat’. At this village level it’s far from overdone…
Village offerings to some extent are indicative of style – but taking Arnoux again the jump from the villages to the 1er Suchots stretches the envelope – for my taste – but will doubtless come together with bottle age. The Engels remain a little more mineral – though for those with the taste for Arnoux’s plusher wines, they might think of them as dilute – but they’re not!
Typically both are high quality but they offer interesting stylistic counterpoints – neither is wrong or right!
Enough rambling…