Clos de Vougeot Grand cru  2016

DOMAINE JEAN GRIVOT

Clos de Vougeot Grand cru
2016

  • Organic Agriculture / In Conversion

$363.25

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Product code
14163548
Format
12 x 750ml
Listing type
SAQ Signature
Status
Unavailable
Type of product
Still wine
Licensee price
$316.03
Country
France
Regulated designation
Appellation origine controlée (AOC)
Region
Burgundy
Subregion
Côte de Nuits
Appellation
Clos de Vougeot
Classification
Grand cru
Varietal(s)
Pinot Noir 100 %
Alcohol percentage
14%
Colour
Red
Sugar
Dry
Closure type
Cork
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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

Decanter

- 93 points -

(Vintage 2019)

Grivot owns 1.86ha in Quatorze Journaux, along the Route Nationale. There are three different soil types in this large parcel and some portions are declassified in wet years. In a warm, dry year like 2019, the results are delightful, with bright red fruits and a silky, subtle texture. Lighter than the offerings from Vosne but also very worthy.

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Jancis Robinson

17,5

(Vintage 2019)

While this has the hallmark Grivot ripeness, it is also fresher on the nose. Black-fruited and concentrated and yet with a much more savoury, dark finesse. Firm, dense and textured with an immense power and length. Not quintessential burgundy, perhaps, but a great wine

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