Domaine Jean Grivot
Bossières Vosne-Romanée Pinot Noir
Vosne-Romanée, Côte de Nuits, Burgundy, France
I am a bit sentimental about this producer botting. Drank a lot of this w/ my friend as we were studying for the Sommelier exam. At our celebration after passing the exam, I had Vintage Wine Merchant decant the 2011. Had them pour everyone a taste blind, including 9 or 10 Master Sommeliers and much to our surprise none of them called Burgundy. Surprising but it made all the newly graduated Sommeliers feel better about the wines we missed over months blind tasting-testing daily.
My Continuing quest to taste as many 22’s as possible.
Beautiful, slightly & just syrupy mid red fruits on the nose w/ brilliant red, blue flowers with a splash of violets.
This drinks incredibly well young. It is clean & juicy. Ripe & some sour toned, red cherries, strawberries, black berries, black raspberries. Baking spices; clove, nutmeg, cinnamon to stick and vanillin, dark spice, cedar, dry to fresh tobacco, hints of grilled meats, red cola, black & red licorice, dry brush-twig, mostly dry herbs, limestone minerals w/ volcanics mixed in, bright, red, dark, blue flowers framed in violets. Excellent rainfall acidity and a well made, neatly polished, elegant finish that last minutes and lands on Clive & dark spice.
At $120, a steal in this line up. Cellar 5 years and will drink well for another 10 years.
I am a bit sentimental about this producer botting. Drank a lot of this w/ my friend as we were studying for the Sommelier exam. At our celebration after passing the exam, I had Vintage Wine Merchant decant the 2011. Had them pour everyone a taste blind, including 9 or 10 Master Sommeliers and much to our surprise none of them called Burgundy. Surprising but it made all the newly graduated Sommeliers feel better about the wines we missed over months blind tasting-testing daily.
My Continuing quest to taste as many 22’s as possible.
Beautiful, slightly & just syrupy mid red fruits on the nose w/ brilliant red, blue flowers with a splash of violets.
This drinks incredibly well young. It is clean & juicy. Ripe & some sour toned, red cherries, strawberries, black berries, black raspberries. Baking spices; clove, nutmeg, cinnamon to stick and vanillin, dark spice, cedar, dry to fresh tobacco, hints of grilled meats, red cola, black & red licorice, dry brush-twig, mostly dry herbs, limestone minerals w/ volcanics mixed in, bright, red, dark, blue flowers framed in violets. Excellent rainfall acidity and a well made, neatly polished, elegant finish that last minutes and lands on Clive & dark spice.
At $120, a steal in this line up. Cellar 5 years and will drink well for another 10 years.