Jean Grivot, Richebourg Vintage:2009 featuring beautifully knit layers of

featuring beautifully knit layers of black and red fruits

cola and smoky oak

and it forces the spotlight on Ravera

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

the aggregate volume was no larger than in other recent vintages

Jean Grivot, Richebourg Vintage:2009 featuring beautifully knit layers ofA 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