Gros Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru 2023

Pierre Gros has now produced more excellent wine than can be chalked up to beginner’s luck. His father Michel is never far away with ready counsel and advice, but this is Pierre’s ship now, and he’s steering it beautifully. Like many of his peer group Pierre has moved the domaine toward organics, and his wines are clean and pure – they sport the same polish as his fathers’ with perhaps a bit more concentration of fruit and slightly longer finishes.

The Clos Vougeot comes from a small plot in the Grand Maupertuis sector, considered the best part of that large Grand Cru vineyard. The vines produce rich, deeply colored wine that requires a few years to knit together. In 2023 it shows ripe dark fruit, toasty oak, mineral and earthy notes, with long persistence on the palate.