The 2009 Richebourg Grand Cru bursts from the glass with a hugely expressive bouquet of cassis, ripe blueberries, licorice and spices. On the palate, it's full-bodied, ample and gourmand, with a deep, layered and open-knit core, melting tannins and a long, succulent finish. This is a dramatic, ripe, unctuously fruity vintage of Anne Gros's Richebourg that is drinking well today. Given this cuvée's comparatively rapid evolutionary trajectory, there seems to be no reason to wait.