The Clos de la Roche is one of the few wines in the Rousseau portfolio that displays some of the vintage's tough, hard, astringent tannin, and shrill acid. There is good cherry fruit, medium body, and power and muscle to this more rustic-styled wine. It should drink well between 1998-2008. Baritone-voiced Charles Rousseau's 1993s are successful for the vintage, and softer than I expected given the inclination for the 1993s to be hard and tannic. Importer: Frederick Wildman, New York, NY; tel. (212) 355-0700