Nuits-Saint-Georges Aux Lavières
2010
Domaine Jean Grivot is one of Burgundy's greatest small family estates, and their story is a classic Burgundy family story. They were one of the first families in Vosne Romanee to bottle and sell their own wine, beginning in the 1930's. The estate has been run by fifth-generation vigneron Etienne Grivot since 1987 with his wife Marielle. The domaine is an impressive 15ha in total, but in classic 'small is beautiful' Burgundian fashion it takes little bits of 22 different appellations to cobble...
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"Lavières" comes from the word "lave", which was formerly used to designate flat stones. This Nuits-Saint-Georges is very close to Vosne-Romanée in terms of distance and style. This elegant wine has very fine tannins.
"Here there is some reduction present but notes of spice and earth are still visible. There is a really lovely mouth feel to the medium-bodied flavors that are admirably pure and well-balanced. Moreover the firm underlying tannins are unusually silky, all wrapped in a lightly mineral-inflected finish. Good stuff."
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Here there is some reduction present but notes of spice and earth are still visible. There is a really lovely mouth feel to the medium-bodied flavors that are admirably pure and well-balanced. Moreover the firm underlying tannins are unusually silky, all wrapped in a lightly mineral-inflected finish. Good stuff.
See detailed press review