2017 Romanee St Vivant
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This 2017 Romanée-Saint-Vivant Grand Cru has a curious menthol-tinged bouquet offering plenty of fruit concentration to the mixture of red cherries, blueberry and cassis. Very opulent; maybe too much. The palate is sweet and candied, and there is quite a lot of new oak here and a lot of extraction. Powerful and virile, though de l'Arlot's RSV exhibits more finesse and precision toward the finish. Maybe bottle age will temper its youthful decadence. Tasted blind at the Burgfest 2017 tasting.
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Neal Martin
Neal Martin
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The 2017 Romanée-Saint-Vivant Grand Cru has a well-defined bouquet of raspberry and wild strawberry scents along with wet limestone and light sous-bois aromas, perhaps less floral than I was expecting. The palate is medium-bodied with filigreed tannins. A fine-boned RSV with traces of Chinese tea and a dash of white pepper toward the persistent finish. This is a classy grand cru that should give 25–30 years of drinking pleasure.
The 2017 Romanée-Saint-Vivant Grand Cru wafts from the glass with a deep bouquet of cherries, wild berries and plums, with nuances of orange rind, rose petals and Asian spices emerging as it sits in the glass. Full-bodied, deep and complete, the wine's textural attack segues into a multidimensional mid-palate framed by melting but muscular tannins and lively acids.
About the producer
Founded in 1962 by Alain Hudelot and based in Chambolle-Musigny, Domaine Hudelot-Noëllat is today run by Alain’s grandson Charles van Canneyt and has become one of the region’s most respected estates.