The idea is not so much to make rose as to make a more concentrated red wine.
But the 1982, the most recent release, is an exceptional wine, intense, concentrated and beautifully textured.
More precisely, they, or at least the 1984, represent the old Burgundy style of big, concentrated wines that will last.
Its smaller bunches and lower yields cause it to produce highly concentrated wines.
This concentrates the juice, which will be fermented into a highly concentrated wine.
Cut back on production per acre and you get more intense, concentrated wine.
The remaining pulp and skins are then pressed to make a concentrated red wine.
What remains in the tank should turn out to be a more concentrated red wine.
It's not a traditional blend, but the result is a sumptuous, concentrated wine with rich fruit flavors.
A dense, concentrated wine, it started out closed in but improved quite a bit as the tasting progressed.