2014 Romanee St Vivant

Bright red-ruby. Aromas of cassis, blackberry, bitter chocolate and smoky minerals. Juicy, precise blackberry and licorice flavors convey much more cut and inner-mouth tension than the Clos Vougeot. Densely packed, concentrated and plenty ripe, showing a lovely balance of fruit, sweetness and energy. Finishes with firm tannins and good supporting minerality. The Clos Vougeot was to have been bottled soon after my visit but this wine will probably be the last to be finished. This fruit was picked on September 27 at 12. 9% potential alcohol and chaptalized to 13. 2%; the yield was 41 hectoliters per hectare.