Tasting Notes
JancisRobinson.com 18.5
45-year-old vines were picked on 20 and 21 September and yielded just 18 hl/ha. 1,351 cases made. Intensely perfumed. Dramatic! More red-cherry flavours, plus Vosne savour. Such energy! This one hogs the stage – demands attention. Particularly fine, sandy tannins. Really quite delicate on the end. Quite flashy for a DRC wine. Firm and yet very fine-boned.
Anticipated maturity: 2028-2048
Robert Parker 97
The 2019 Romanee-St-Vivant Grand Cru wafts from the glass with breathtaking aromas of raspberries and strawberries mingled with bergamot, Indian spices, peonies and rose petals. Full-bodied, vibrant and perfumed, it’s finer boned than the more muscular Grands-Échezeaux, with a bright spine of acidity and beautifully refined tannins, concluding with a long, penetrating finish. Striking for its purity and elegance, my handwritten notes include the phrase “pure sensuality.”
Anticipated maturity: 2029-2065
Burghound 93-94
Subtle wood influence can be found on the equally ripe, airy and gorgeously elegant nose of black cherry, cassis, exotic tea and an almost endless range of spice elements. There is unusually good volume and punch to the lavishly rich, even opulent, medium weight plus flavors that coat the palate with sappy dry extract on the highly energetic and very powerful finish. This is also quite firmly structured and 2019 is relatively big and muscular vintage for the RSV. With that said, I suspect that the hallmark finesse and refinement will eventually reveal themselves with extended time in bottle.
