Classification | Grand Cru |
Type | Red |
Brand | Jean Grivot |
Vintage | 1995 |
Country | France |
Region | Burgundy, Cotes de Nuits |
Grape | Pinot Noir |
Volume | 0,75 |
Condition | Perfect |
Label | Slightly bin soiled, Damaged |
Stock | 1 |
One of the finest Burgundies I tasted in June, the dark ruby-colored Richebourg offers a compelling, highly-complex nose of super-ripe cassis, plums and black cherries. Its awesomely concentrated and massively-endowed thick-textured personality is packed with chewy, fabulously extracted cherry flavors intermingled with Asian spices, cinnamon, and notes of underbrush. Gorgeously structured and incredibly long.
Moderate secondary character (though no sous-bois) is evident on the attractively spicy and beautifully complex nose. There is outstanding density to the powerful and palate coating middle weight plus flavors that exude a discreet minerality on the velvet-textured yet robust finale that is shaped by chewy and slightly rustic tannins. This is drinking as well as it's probably ever going to and it remains very '95 in style, which is to say there is fine concentration linked with still firm structure that renders it appealing but very much a creature of its vintage.