The Clos de Vougeot 2011 is a very fine effort for the vintage. The bouquet is darker than the Echezeaux with intense red berry fruit, liquorice, a fair bit of oak and a hint of chocolate. On the palate quite impressive concentration and depth. The minerality is earthy and not as vibrant and highly …
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Jean Grivot, Echezeaux 2011
The Echezeaux 2011 from Grivot is another succes from his plot in the climate Les Cruots. The bouquet is open and ready to rock with a lovely stony minerality, crisp red berry fruit and some lovely spicy notes. On the palate lovely juicy fruit with a intense and quite muscular mineralic framework. …
Jean Grivot, Vosne-Romanee Les Beaux Monts 2011
The Vosne Les Beaux Monts is one of my favorite wines from Grivot - and the 2011 version is yet again a delightful glass of Vosne. The bouquet is bursting with stony minerality, Vosne spices and red berry fruit. It's airy and quite filigree - lovely complexity. On the palate fine red fruit - very …
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Domaine Jean Grivot, Echezeaux 2009
The Echezeaux 2009 from Jean Grivot is a gorgeous wine. The bouquet is crammed with minerality, red fruit - cherries, raspberries - and spiced with peony rose, allspice and liquorice. On the palate rich and harmonious red fruit - focused by the beautiful minerality from the Cruots climate - and …
Jean Grivot, Echezeaux 2007
The Echezeaux 2007 from Jean Grivot is a truly mineralic expression of the Echezeaux terroir. The bouquet is offering primary red berry fruit - spiced with slightly toasted oak notes and a superb minerality. On the palate fine concentration for the vintage .... quite muscular with a firm mineralic …