Vosne- Romanee 2004 by Robert Arnoux

This tiny village in Burgundy is the home to some of the world's truly great red wines. Vosne Romanee has only 460 habitants, but six grand cru appelations. These six grand cru are probably some of the most famous and expensive wines in the world.
So we tried out a village wine from Vosne Romanee by Robert Arnoux. The 2004 vintage is not as good as the 2005, but more reasonable.
The wine had a beautiful medium red colour with discrete smell of dark fruit and some smoke. The taste was wonderfully silky solid long and velvety, a real experience. The tannins were soft, but firm and well integrated with the acidity. It could keep easily for 5 more years.
Someone said there are no ordinary wines from Vosne Romanee, based on this experience I guess he was right.

Vosne Romanee 2004 Robert Arnoux, ca 40€ or 350 NOK, P+ (just wonderful)

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