2018 Romanee St Vivant
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The 2018 Romanée-Saint-Vivant Grand Cru has a reserved and tightly wound bouquet of dark berry fruit, sea cave/oyster shell, raspberry preserve and faint touches of fireside ash. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins, a fine bead of acidity and a classy, almost Richebourg-like, arching structure that possesses enormous length. Fabulous.
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Julia Harding MW, jancisrobinson.com
Neal Martin
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The 2018 Romanée-Saint-Vivant Grand Cru was showing brilliantly, soaring from the glass with a complex bouquet of wild berries, red plums, rose petals, smoked duck and rich soil tones. On the palate, it's full-bodied, fine-boned and elegant, with a deep and concentrated core, lively acids and immensely attractive structural refinement.
They have three barrels of this but are not selling it (yet) but they may sell it to individuals rather than into the trade. It is part of a share-cropping agreement and the owner of the land, who gets 45% of the crop, sells the wine under their own label. Sweeter, redder and more open than the Bonnes Mares. Fragrant and a touch floral. Then very mineral on the palate, mineral and meaty. Powerful, with a slight rubbery note on the finish. A little meaty, rubbery. Reductive? Not very friendly right now. Might need racking through copper chips, suggests Jeremy Seysses. (JH)
About the producer
Domaine Dujac is one of Burgundy’s most famous wine estates. It crafts red Burgundies with a distinct style, from a fantastic array of vineyard plots, including seven Grands Crus.