2003 Domaine Comte de Vogüé Musigny Grand Cru Vieilles Vignes

98 points Pierre Rovani writing for the Wine Advocate: "Unquestionably one of the glories of the vintage, the 2003 Musigny Vieilles Vignes brings forth a highly boisterous nose of spices, violets, roses, plums, blueberries, and black cherries. Deep, powerful, graceful, concentrated, and sensually textured, it slathers the mouth with plums, blueberries, and cherries. Notes of mocha are intermingled with licorice in its exquisitely long finish. This noble wine is crammed with tannin, yet it is sweet and ripe. Projected maturity: 2010-2025+." (08/05) 92-96 points Stephen Tanzer: "Very deep, bright ruby-red. Liqueur-like aromas of blackberry syrup, espresso and licorice, with a piquant note of pomegranate that comes almost as a shock in a wine with low acidity. Huge, dense and tactile; superconcentrated, sensual and sweet. The sappy flavors of black fruits and spices capture the entire mouth. Very round, broad, tactile wine, finishing with thoroughly ripe, refined tannins. "A vintage of great phenolic ripeness," notes Millet. There will be just 14 barrels of this juice, vs. a normal 30, as the crop level was just under 16 hectoliters per hectare. With its low acidity and boatload of ripe tannins, this will age like a ripe-year Bordeaux." (Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar, Mar/Apr 05)