1998 Romanee St Vivant
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Pierre Rovani
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
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Red berries, raspberries, and cherries are found in the nose of the ruby-colored 1998 Romanee-St.-Vivant. Medium-to-full-bodied and elegantly-styled, this strawberry jam and fresh raspberry-filled wine is intricate, well-defined, and concentrated. Drink this feminine offering over the next 8-9 years.
Deep bright ruby. Pungent, brilliant aromas of blackberry, cocoa powder, minerals and Oriental spices. Painfully intense flavors of incredible purity; thick but brilliantly delineated. Finishes with great palate-staining length and lift; firm tannins are buried in fruit. A knockout in the making.
About the producer

For many, Domaine Leroy represents the pinnacle of fine Burgundy. Owned and run by the legendary Lalou Bize-Leroy, the domaine in Vosne-Romanée is one strand of the Leroy empire, along with Maison Leroy and Domaine d’Auvenay.