Nuits-Saint-Georges Aux Lavières 2018

DOMAINE JEAN GRIVOT

Nuits-Saint-Georges Aux Lavières
2018

  • Organic Agriculture / In Conversion
Country
France
Regulated designation
Appellation origine controlée (AOC)
Region
Burgundy
Subregion
Côte de Nuits
Appellation
Nuits-Saint-Georges
Varietal(s)
Pinot Noir 100 %
Alcohol percentage
13%
Colour
Red
Sugar
Dry
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

Vinous

- 93 points -

Neal Martin, (Vintage 2018)

The 2018 Nuits Saint-Georges Aux Lavières comes across a bit moody and sullen from barrel, especially after the livelier Les Charmois. Raspberry and wild strawberry scents eventually emerge, albeit reluctantly. The palate is medium-bodied with fine-grained tannins. Very poised and quite mineral-driven, this conveys fine energy and a satisfying sense of strictness toward the black-pepper-tinged finish. Excellent.

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Burghound

- 91 points -

(Vintage 2018)

 Here too there is a plethora of spice components adding interest to the plum, blue berry and soft earth suffused aromas. There is both excellent volume and richness to the mouthcoating medium weight flavors that possess a refreshing salinity that really comes to the fore on the more complex if mildly warm finale. Worth checking out.

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La Revue des vins de France

16.5

(Vintage 2018)

Expressif, sans fard, il s’affirme bien mûr, charnu et crayeux dans son toucher de tanins. Doté de carrure mais assez tendre, porté par un souffle épicé, c’est un village de très haute volée.

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