1993 Vosne Romanee Les Hautes Maizieres

The deep ruby-colored Vosne-Romanee Les Hautes-Maizieres offers a seductive, sweet, smoky, earthy, berry aroma, medium to full body, excellent expansion and succulence, and an elegant, velvety-textured finish. Drink it over the next 7-8 years. Arnoux's 1993s are unequivocally major successes for the vintage. Before his death, Arnoux and the man currently responsible for the wine-making, Pascal Lachaux, had been voluntarily moving toward less fertilization, higher extraction, and more natural bottling. To their credit, the 1993s were bottled without fining or filtration. These are promising wines, with considerable complexity, well-integrated tannin, and copious quantities of sweet, expansive Pinot Noir fruit. A Peter Vezan Selection, various American importers, including Ideal Wines, Medford, MA; tel. (617) 395-3300