Vosne-Romanée 1er cru Les Chaumes
2008
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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Les Chaumes is a small parcel of old vines which gives little but good in a moderately deep soil ground and stony.
Only the grapes perfectly riped and healthy are retained. the scratch is made 95%. The pre-fermentation is 4 to 6 days. The fermentation is done exclusively with indigenous yeasts. A daily pumping is done with control of temperatures and density. Fermentation lasts about 17 days.
Full and elegant at the same time, it opens slowly after 5-7 years of aging on average to evoke violet silk nose and mouth. The tannins are rich, the mouth wide and deep.
"Reduction blocks the nose though there is plenty of Vosne spice on the round, suave, delicious and mouth coating middle weight flavors that possess a really lovely texture on the balanced and persistent finish. This is a classic Chaumes, which is to say a refined, generous and stylish wine of moderate depth."
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