With a similar, noble, purple colour to Les Roncières, this has vibrant, dark red fruit rather than plums on the nose. Les Pruliers has greater density than Les Roncières, displaying real depth of fruit. It has a lovely finish, easy and charming but also magisterial.

Étienne Grivot reports better yields in 2014, about halfway between the miserable crops of the previous four vintages and what would count as a very good year. The grapes are de-stemmed but preserved fully intact using the newest model of destemmer. They were totally healthy in 2014 and Mathilde Grivot describes the wines as being accessible, fresh, yet still complex. We would add that they are – yet again – amongst the finest of the whole Côte.

A fine, bright mid-purple, the nose is currently discreet, but with an amazing mouthful of fruit on the palate. There is a firm structure behind but easily enough fruit to cope with it, accompanied by an attractively crunchy finish. Give this some more time in barrel and it will be amazing. 
Jasper Morris, MW - Wine Buyer

A late cycle all the way though, in 2013 Etienne started picking from 5th October. After conferring with his aunt Jacqueline Jayer, he noted that 2013 shares the same harvest dates as 1978 and also that in both vintages there were very few pips in the grapes and they were fully ripe. Low sugar levels, ripe skins and good acidity should lead to fine wines with excellent keeping qualities.

The ripe purple colour leads to one of the richest noses in the cellar: very fleshy, with plenty of exuberant fruit, but zesty too, with some blood orange notes. A very rich and absolutely gorgeous wine with an excellent finish.
Jasper Morris MW, Burgundy Wine Director

Etienne Grivot describes his 2012s as having glamour on top of the sophistication of 2010. He notes also the generosity of fruit married to perfect acidity in 2012. It was no hardship tasting our way through his range. One minor added sophistication in the Grivot cellar is an amendment to his barrel regime – he now specifies an extra long chauffe to his barrels, though without going beyond his usual medium toast. High prices but fabulous quality.

This is a classically plummy Nuits-St Georges on the nose with great weight on the palate and a distinctly lively thread. Les Pruliers is a really impressive wine this year.
Jasper Morris MW, Berrys' Burgundy Director This domaine continues to deliver exceptionally high quality wines and is surely now one of the brightest jewels in the crown of Vosne-Romanée. The harvest began on 31st August in 2011 and that is the earliest ever at this domaine. Etienne Grivot was happy to pick at 12 to 12.5%, seeing no value in waiting and losing acidity. The wines have a dramatic tension to them in youth and will certainly age exceptionally well.

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Ripe, weighty fruit and liquorice are followed by an amazing wealth of fleshy fruit and considerable structure and flavour at the back. There is so much fruit that the tannins are completely submerged. Spectacular!

There is a lovely depth to the rich mid-palate of Jean Grivot's Nuits-St Georges Les Pruliers 1er Cru, which includes both red and black fruit notes leading to a precise well-delineated finish, typical of recent Grivot magic.

Super-dense in colour with a warm ball of fresh plum fruit on the nose, this has an amazing intensity of fruit on the palate, with a fresh crunchy finish maintaining vitality.

Etienne has produced some spectacular wines in this vintage. Bright in colour, wonderfully elegant and aromatic, this wine has density, muscle and refinement with sweet and well integrated tannins. 
Francis Huicq - London Shop Manager