Jean Grivot, Richebourg Vintage:2009 Drink it over the next

Drink it over the next 30-40 years

but the balance isn’t nearly as well dialed in compared to the best of these grands crus

it's intellectual

cola and smoky oak

and sweet red berry fruit add to the wine's stunning allure

Jean Grivot, Richebourg Vintage:2009 Drink it over the nextA highly spiced, cool and reserved nose features superb breadth with a wonderfully appealing array of plum, violets, wet stone and liqueur of red berry fruit. The rich, focused and intensely mineral inflected large scaled flavors evidence controlled power and a sleek muscularity before terminating in an explosive and palate saturating finish of genuinely stunning length. This tightly wound effort is a middle weight in the context of the appellation