Tasted blind at Fine & Rare Wines' Clos Vougeot tasting, the 2013 Clos Vougeot Grand Cru from Anne Gros has a comparatively intense bouquet compared to its peers, with black cherries and red plum, rose petals and orange blossom. The palate is medium-bodied with good fruit intensity, but the oak feels a little strong and there is a dustiness on the finish that deprives it of the precision it might have had. This feels like a good Clos Vougeot that has been a little compromised in the winery, though perhaps it will settle down with continued bottle age, as Anne's wines are prone to do. - Neal Martin