The 1990 Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Cros Parantoux from Emmanuel Rouget is a wine that I had not tasted before, though perhaps this was compensation for a corked bottle of the same wine but labelled "Henri Jayer" a few weeks earlier. This 1990 was still surprisingly backward on the nose despite persistent aeration. Eventually it almost reluctantly offers a mixture of red and black fruit, violets, clove and just a drop of iodine. The palate is medium-boded, quite "cool" in the sense that it does not evoke the warmth of that summer in Burgundy. It prefers to remain harmonious and poised, almost as if it was sitting bolt upright. Correct? That is an unusual descriptor for a 1990 red Burgundy, but I mean that in a positive sense for it is pristine on the finish. Just exquisite. Tasted November 2016.