DOMAINE JEAN GRIVOT
Richebourg Grand Cru
2019
- Organic Agriculture / In Conversion
Country
France
Regulated designation
Appellation origine controlée (AOC)
Region
Burgundy
Subregion
Côte de Nuits
Appellation
Richebourg
Varietal(s)
Pinot Noir
100 %
Alcohol percentage
13.5%
Colour
Red
Producer's website
About this winery
Domaine Jean Grivot is one of Burgundy's greatest small family estates, and their story is a classic Burgundy family story. They were one of the first families in Vosne Romanee to bottle and sell their own wine, beginning in the 1930's. The estate has been run by fifth-generation vigneron Etienne Grivot since 1987 with his wife Marielle. The domaine is an impressive 15ha in total, but in classic 'small is beautiful' Burgundian fashion it takes little bits of 22 different appellations to cobble...
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Press reviews
- 97 points -
(Vintage 2019)The 0.32ha parcel of Richebourg was planted in 1949, between Thibault Liger-Belair and Mongeard-Mugneret, up the slope from Hudelot-Noëllat. The old vines and gentle extraction deliver a marvellously sensual fruit character here, brimming with aromas of exotic spice and floral notes, plus a richness and tannic grip on the palate which comes out with a bit of time. Setting this wine apart is an overriding impression of understated elegance and finesse.
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