2008 Domaine Hudelot-Noëllat Richebourg Grand Cru
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Tasting notes
Medium red. Pungent perfume of blood orange, licorice and herbs, lifted by a floral topnote. Tactile but backward, with terrific lift and perfume to the raspberry and crushed fruit flavors. The terrific rising finish displays great energy and a wonderfully light touch. Really stains the palate. With aeration, a deeper smoky, earthy tang and more adamant minerality emerged. A beauty, but lay it down for at least seven or eight years.
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Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
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(just sulfited last week) Slightly paler color than the RSV. Pure but tight on the nose and palate, offering elements of wild berries, game, violet and crushed stone. Less forthcoming and harder to taste today than the RSV, as it's far more muscular, but this also boasts lovely purity and persistence.
A distinctly floral suffused nose that speaks of a mix of wild red berry fruit aromas nuanced by exotic spice notes that continue onto the powerful, intense, focused and driving broad-shouldered flavors brimming with dry extract and outstanding length. There isn't really much to separate this from the RSV except that the tannins of the Riche do not appear to be quite as well integrated, at least not yet.
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.