Emmanuel Rouget Vosne-Romanee 1er Cru Cros Parantoux 2023 CRV10 Crushed chalk

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weighty texture and notes of clotted cream and almonds

Fermented on full solids with ambient yeasts in mixed oak

and toasted hazelnut with a long

dry fruits and Christmas cake

Emmanuel Rouget Vosne-Romanee 1er Cru Cros Parantoux 2023 CRV10 Crushed chalkCros Parantoux is Henri Jayer's masterpiece. He planted it himself in the 1950s on land so rocky it took hundreds of charges of dynamite to break the soil, and he turned it into one of the most coveted single vineyard wines on earth. After his retirement in 2001, the vines passed to his nephew Emmanuel Rouget, who continues to farm them in the same uncompromising style. The vineyard sits directly above Richebourg, and the wine has long been spoken of