2010 Romanee St Vivant 0,75 l Confuron
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Good full, deep red. Sexy nose combines dried currant, cocoa powder, coffee, mocha, pepper and flowers; conveys a strong impression of terroir. Highly concentrated and sweet, with the red fruit and roast coffee flavors conveying a compellingly sappy quality. The powerful building finish offers serious tannic spine and lovely floral lift. The crop level for these old vines (the vineyard was originally planted in 1922 and the vines average 55 to 60 years of age) is always around 30 hectoliters per hectare, according to Alain Meunier.
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Allen Meadows, Burghound
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
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Ruby-red. Pure, vibrant aromas of blackberry, bitter cherry, violet and minerals. Rich, chewy and concentrated, with terrific energy and lift to the dark berry and dark chocolate flavors. Clearly the best 2010 in the cellar today, conveying an impression of superb fruit intensity and strong extract.
This is also notably floral in character with a panoply of spice elements that add both depth and breadth to the cool cherry, raspberry and red currant aromas. As was the case with the Beaux Monts there is a spicy inner mouth perfume to the delicious and classy middle weight flavors that are shaped by sophisticated and very fine tannins, all wrapped in a mouth coating, focused and seriously persistent finish. A classic RSV. January 2013. www.burghound.com Drink 2022+