2010 Nuits-St Georges, Roncière, 1er Cru, Domaine Jean Grivot, Burgundy
Critics reviews
A relatively high-toned and quite pure nose speaks of floral and earth hints and the ripe red berry fruit aromas with particular emphasis on raspberry. The attractively rich, round and focused flavours are quite supple and seductively textured; indeed, this is almost lacy.
There is fine complexity, and the finish evidence only a minimal amount of the usual robustness one associate with this terroir though I don't wish to suggest that there isn't plenty of underlying structure as this should need a full decade of cellar time. Lovely and really very pure.
Drink from 2020 onward
Allen Meadows, Burghound.com (January 2012)
The 2010 Nuits St. Georges Roncières impresses with its verve and cut. Tea leaves, exotic spices, dried flowers and sweet red berries are woven together nicely in this finessed, elegant Nuits. Clean mineral notes reappear on the finish to give the wine much of its energy and focus. The Roncières is classy from start to finish.
Drink 2018 - 2028
Antonio Galloni, Vinous.com (February 2012)
About this WINE
Domaine Jean Grivot
Jean Grivot took over from his father, Gaston, in 1955. He handed the domaine on to son Étienne – married to Marielle Bize from Savigny – in the early 1980s. When Etienne Grivot took over, the house style was for gentle, graceful wines, perhaps a little weak in lesser vintages.
Étienne has since found his own voice, making a range of increasingly fine wines. Since the mid-2000s, he has reduced yields and fine-tuned vineyard and cellar work. The next generation – Mathilde and Hubert – are increasingly influential, working under their father’s experienced and wise guidance.
Nuits-Saint Georges
Originally known as Nuits, or even Nuits-sous-Beaune, the town was happy to add the name of its finest vineyard, Les St Georges, in the 19th century. There are no Grands Crus, but many fine Premier Cru vineyards, the mayor of the time – Henri Gouges – preferring not to single out any vineyard for the highest status.
The wines of Nuits-St Georges vary according to their exact provenance. Those of the hamlet of Prémeaux, considered to be part of Nuits-St Georges for viticultural purposes, are often on the lighter side.The richest and most sought-after are those just south of Nuits-St Georges such as Les Vaucrains, Les Cailles and Les St Georges itself. The third sector, including Les Murgers, Les Damodes and Les Boudots are at the Vosne-Romanée end of the village, and demonstrate some of the extra finesse associated with Vosne.
Several domaines (Gouges, Rion, Arlot) now produce a white Nuits-St Georges from Pinot Blanc or Chardonnay.
- 175 hectares of village Nuits-St Georges
- 143 hectares of Premier Cru vineyards (20 in all). Best vineyards include Les St Georges, and Clos des Argillières and Clos de la Maréchale in Prémeaux
- Recommended producers: Gouges, Rion, Liger Belair, Potel
- Recommended restaurant : La Cabotte (small but stylish)
Pinot Noir
Pinot Noir is probably the most frustrating, and at times infuriating, wine grape in the world. However when it is successful, it can produce some of the most sublime wines known to man. This thin-skinned grape which grows in small, tight bunches performs well on well-drained, deepish limestone based subsoils as are found on Burgundy's Côte d'Or.
Pinot Noir is more susceptible than other varieties to over cropping - concentration and varietal character disappear rapidly if yields are excessive and yields as little as 25hl/ha are the norm for some climats of the Côte d`Or.
Because of the thinness of the skins, Pinot Noir wines are lighter in colour, body and tannins. However the best wines have grip, complexity and an intensity of fruit seldom found in wine from other grapes. Young Pinot Noir can smell almost sweet, redolent with freshly crushed raspberries, cherries and redcurrants. When mature, the best wines develop a sensuous, silky mouth feel with the fruit flavours deepening and gamey "sous-bois" nuances emerging.
The best examples are still found in Burgundy, although Pinot Noir`s key role in Champagne should not be forgotten. It is grown throughout the world with notable success in the Carneros and Russian River Valley districts of California, and the Martinborough and Central Otago regions of New Zealand.
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A relatively high-toned and quite pure nose speaks of floral and earth hints and the ripe red berry fruit aromas with particular emphasis on raspberry. The attractively rich, round and focused flavours are quite supple and seductively textured; indeed, this is almost lacy.
There is fine complexity, and the finish evidence only a minimal amount of the usual robustness one associate with this terroir though I don't wish to suggest that there isn't plenty of underlying structure as this should need a full decade of cellar time. Lovely and really very pure.
Drink from 2020 onward
Allen Meadows, Burghound.com (January 2012)
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