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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
Domaine Grivot has improved quality tremendously over the last 5 to 10 years, optimizing and improving the wines little by little each year. The wines are made with a lighter hand with the oak less present in the young wines, and since 2009 the micro details and the purity of the wines have been …
[Read more...] about Tasting of the 2014s from Domaine Grivot
On my June trip to Burgundy I had the pleasure of tasting the 2015s from Domaine du Clos Frantin - a brand/estate within the Maison Albert Bichot group. Domaine du Clos Frantin is the top brand of Bichot and makes the top reds from Cote de Nuits, the winemaker is the talented Cyrille …
[Read more...] about Visit Domaine du Clos Frantin, Tasting of the 2015s from cask
I have followed Domaine Grivot over the last 10 to 15 years and been very impressed by the progress since 2007. The quality has improved significantly every year, and the style has changed to a more refined and terroir driven expression of pinot. The 2014s were magnificent, and I was therefore …
[Read more...] about Visit Domaine Grivot – initial impressions of the 2015s
Domaine Grivot is one of the top end producers on Richebourg in my view only surpassed by DRC and Domaine Leroy - and quite evenly matched or even better than Domaine Meo-Camuzet and Domaine Anne Gros. While the Grivot family has been in Vosne-Romanee since the late 18th cenury ... the ownership …
[Read more...] about Terroir Insight: Domaine Jean Grivot Richebourg
The 2002 Richebourg is showing very well offering fine matured notes. The nose offer complex notes of red berries - raspberries, dark cherries, plum ... spiced with rose petals and a fine stony minerality. On the palate forward and openly knit - less weight than La Tâche - lovely cool mid-palate …
[Read more...] about Domaine de la Romanee-Conti, Richebourg 2002
