2014 Clos de Vougeot, Grand Cru, Domaine Jean Grivot, Burgundy

Very rich and confident – perhaps the grandest wine I have tasted today – with real reverberance and massively nuanced fruit. Drink 2020 - 2034jancis_robinson_mw MW, JancisRobinson.com (January 2016)

Bright red-ruby Classic Clos de Vougeot aromas of dark cherry, liquorice and minerals Concentrated, spicy and sweet; surprisingly pliant in the middle palate for the cru and for the vintage but with lovely inner-mouth energy too The dark fruit flavours are complicated by an element of saline minerality Not as austere as I would have expected but still in a rather masculine style and finishing with plenty of tannic clout This deep, vigorous wine offers lovely lingering perfume My score may prove to be unnecessarily conservative but this wine needs extended ageing.“The 2014s have had great drinkability from the start,” said Jean Grivot in November He compared them to the 2011s for their “great charm” but noted that 2014 is a better version of this style He went on: “The 2014s don’t have the same dimension as the 2015s but today they seem very good The ‘15s are more lyrical, voluptuous, sophisticated, while the ‘14s have freshness, precision and wisdom” Interestingly, the pHs are higher in the ‘14s than in the ‘15s (an average of 352 vs 342, respectively) Grivot described the later vintage as “opulent, but with the acidity of great Chardonnay” Grivot bottled his 2014s in February and at the end of March.Drink 2024 - 2034Stephen Tanzer, Vinous.com.com (March 2017)

Bright purple red, with excellent density to the fruit. Brawny, and muscular, yet with good intensity and the fruit absolutely follows through. Substantial oak which contributes to the tannins but it is the sinewy nature of the fruit which defines this wineJasper Morris MW, insideburgundy_com (September 2017)

50+ year old vines located in the lower section of the Clos.Somewhat surprisingly this is notably more elegant than it usually is with its expressive nose of black and red pinot fruit, spice and abundant earth and tea scents. There is a lovely sense of underlying tension to the precise, muscular and powerful flavours that possess excellent size, weight and finishing punch on the youthfully austere, firm and huge finale that is borderline chewy. This may be moderately more elegant than usual but it remains a Clos de Vougeot all the same and one that is going to require fully 15 years to reach its apogee. If you have the patience, this is knock-out good for the appellation.Drink from 2029 onwardallen_meadows, burghound_com.com (January 2017)

Tasted blind at the Burgfest 2014 tasting, Grivot's 2014 Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru has a tightly wound bouquet with dark berry fruit, incense and a light melted-tar aroma. The palate is medium-bodied with juicy tannin and well-judged acidity. The oak is a little prominent, but it is simpatico with the structure of the wine and just needs a couple of years to be absorbed. It does have a slightly saturnine personality, but it is also a quite sumptuous and beautifully crafted Clos de Vougeot. Tasted September 2017.Neil Martin - 31/10/2017