2010 Bourgogne Rouge, Les Bons Bâtons, Patrice et Michèle Rion

Extremely deep purple in colour and with a very intense bouquet, this wine shows exceptionally solid fruit for a straight Bourgogne. At this stage it is still very backward, and it will certainly benefit from further élévage.
Jasper Morris MW, Burgundy Director

We have decided to combine here the wines that fall under the domaine label and those produced officially as négociant wines and labelled as Patrice Rion. Most of these cuvées are from vines managed by Patrice who has one contract to farm the vineyards and another to buy the grapes. The exceptions are the village Chambolle-Musigny and Nuits-St Georges Vieilles Vignes where Patrice is not involved in the farming.

Patrice and son Maxime are tweaking their techniques a little by reducing new oak and slightly increasing extraction in the pre-fermentation stage. These are impressive results – the Nuits-St Georges continues the consistently fine streak of recent years while this is certainly the finest range of Chambolle-Musigny that they have ever produced. 2010 reminds Patrice a little of 1978 and 1991, two vintages with small yields, full ripeness and notable concentration.

Top Value Wines from the 2010 Vintage
Quite deeply colored. A ripe black fruit and distinctly earthy nose leads to round, rich and agreeably supple flavors that possess a velvety texture though the finish is notably firm. This mildly rustic effort offers both good quality and fine volume and should be quite good after 4 to 5 years of cellar time. Worth a look. 2014+
(Allen Meadows - burghound.com - January 2012)