DOMAINE JEAN GRIVOT - Clos de Vougeot Grand cru - 2016
- - 96 points-
Tim Atkin MW
March 2018The Grivot plantings may be in the less fancied bottom half of the Clos, but there's nothing...
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The Grivot plantings may be in the less fancied bottom half of the Clos, but there's nothing...
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It's always interesting to compare this with the similarly named Clos des Epeneaux from Domaine...
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One of the most concentrated wines in Yves Confuron's cellar - and that's saying quite a bit - this...
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Yields were very low at Confuron-Cotetidot in 2016, and especially in the domaine's 0.4-hectare...
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This was going through a late malolactic when I tasted it in Burgundy so a little tricky to get a...
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One of the few Grand Cru bottlings that carries the name of its climat on the label, this was hit...
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An acquisition that came with the Dupont-Tisserandot purchase in 2012, this hails from three...
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Frost-affected in 2016, in common with the rest of the Premier Cru, the Faiveley holdings were...
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Located next to Ruchottes-Chambertin in the corner of the Combe de Lavaux, this is one of those...
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The old vine concentration is appealingly evident on this intensely coloured Premier Cru from the...
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With 50% whole bunches and only new wood used on this wine, it's unsurprisingly intense. The oak is...
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If you don't like Pommard that tastes like traditional, come-back-in-a-decade Pommard, then you...
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Located next to Aux Brûlées, but very different in style, this is savoury and very aromatic, with...
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This stony site is comparatively warm, despite its proximity to the cool breezes of Combe de...
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Thibault Liger-Belair has produced one of the best Cortons of the vintage, in a harvest when the...
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“Great, but not much of it,” is how Thibault Liger-Belair describes his third of a normal crop....
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“My aim,” says Thibault Liger-Belair, “is to make a Charmes with some tension.” This comes...
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The position of Louis-Michel Liger-Belair's parcel of Clos de Vougeot, close to the wall that...
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Featuring the highest ever percentage of whole bunches (40%), this entirely new oak aged red is...
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Aux Réas is on the south side of Vosne, touching Nuits-St-Georges. For a “simple” village wine...
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The 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon 1882 is a delicious entry-level wine from Inglenook. Plump, juicy and...
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The 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa Valley) is a powerful and dense in the glass. Sweet tobacco,...
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Lurid ruby. Intensely perfumed red fruit liqueur, potpourri and licorice aromas, along with hints...
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Very classical forward, intense, tertiary RD (recently disgorged) nose with brioche, spice box and...
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