Vosne-Romanée Bossierès
2015
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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Reduction presently masks the underlying fruit though there is good freshness to the sleek, velvety and seductively textured medium weight flavors that contrast markedly with the borderline rustic, austere and notably serious finish. Some patience will be required so that the firm tannins can soften.
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"Vigneron emblématique de Vosne-Romanée, Étienne Grivot aime les maturités fraîches et cela se sent dans la qualité de ses vins. Un style épuré et vif qui a ses adeptes mais qui, parfois, par une certaine forme d’austérité, ne rencontre pas le succès escompté, tout du moins en France. Depuis deux ou trois millésimes, ses vins possèdent davantage de profondeur et de richesse. Le point de maturité a légèrement évolué. Toutes ses cuvées en ont tiré profit par plus de soyeux et de volume, sans trahir cette fraîcheur qui signe leur succès mondial. Le domaine possède un beau patrimoine de Villages, premiers et grands crus.
Les vins : le vosne-romanée Bossières, tout en finesse, séduit par un fruit pur bien présent et des tanins légèrement en relief."
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Medium red. Red fruits and complex soil tones of truffle and smoky underbrush on the nose. Seamless and fine-grained, even voluptuous for village wine, but with good energy to the slightly saline flavors of red berries, tobacco and earth. Nicely horizontal on the back end. Grivot describes this as "village +" in quality.
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There is a broad range of Vosne-style spice elements that combine with floral, dark
berry scents and a touch of earth. There is a very suave and satiny texture to the middle weight flavors that display a very supple mid-palate before concluding in a mouth coating, balanced and impressively persistent finale. This is really a very good villages and recommended; plus it should reward extended aging if desired.