The 2013 Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Cros Parantoux has a really quite alluring, complex bouquet with broody dark cherry, blackberry leaf and cold wet stone aromas that are both detailed and intense. The palate is medium-bodied with supple, razor-sharp tannins that form a lattice around a core of red fruit. There is a pastille-like purity and an electrifying finish, whose "current" feels long in the mouth. This is very classy: a great Cros Parantoux, terroir shrugging off what the season threw in its way.

(this only finished its malo in October): Good deep red. Sexy if restrained aromas of medicinal black cherry, raspberry, minerals and coffee. Sappy and tactile but youthfully closed, with strong minerality giving the powerful black cherry and spice flavors terrific clarity and tension. Strong medicinal reserve here. Offers a scintillating balance between fruit, acidity and salinity and finishes with outstanding length. Grand cru quality.