2008 Vosne-Romanée, Les Suchots, 1er Cru, Domaine Jean Grivot, Burgundy
- Red
- Dry
- Full Bodied
- Pinot Noir
Ready, but will improve
- Allen Meadows
- 91-93/100
Product: 20081035841
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2008
Alcohol % 13
Maturity Ready, but will improve
Grape List Pinot Noir
Body Full Bodied
Producer Domaine Jean Grivot
Critics reviews
Allen Meadows 91-93/100
Domaine Jean Grivot's Vosne-Romanée "Les Suchots" is relatively high-toned for the appellation with ripe cranberry, cherry and red raspberry aromas that exude an attractively broad range of spice elements that persist onto the rich, supple and seductively textured medium weight plus flavors brimming with dry extract that completely buffers the integrated tannins on the explosively long finish. I suspect that despite the youthful expressiveness this evidences today that it will eventually shut down for a number of years before finally blossoming 10 to 15 years hence. (allen_meadows, burghound_com.com - Jan 2010)
About this wine
Pinot Noir
Pinot Noir is probably the most frustrating, and at times infuriating, wine grape in the world. However when it is successful, it can produce some of the most sublime wines known to man. This thin-skinned grape which grows in small, tight bunches performs well on well-drained, deepish limestone based subsoils as are found on Burgundy's Côte d'Or. Pinot Noir is more susceptible than other varieties to over cropping - concentration and varietal character disappear rapidly if yields are excessive and yields as little as 25hl/ha are the norm for some climats of the Côte d`Or.
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Domaine Jean Grivot
Jean Grivot took over from his father, Gaston, in 1955. He handed the domaine on to son Étienne – married to Marielle Bize from Savigny – in the early 1980s. When Etienne Grivot took over, the house style was for gentle, graceful wines, perhaps a little weak in lesser vintages. Étienne has since found his own voice, making a range of increasingly fine wines. Since the mid-2000s, he has reduced yields and fine-tuned vineyard and cellar work. The next generation – Mathilde and Hubert – are increasingly influential, working under their father’s experienced and wise guidance.
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