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2009 - A very ripe vintage: around 13.5% ABV, aromas of sweet red fruit, fairly low acidity and great fullness on the palate. As with all great vintages, the terroir will need a little time to reveal itself. Today, some wines are showing a tendency to close up: they are becoming tighter, less direct, not so easy-drinking. A favourable evolution, especially for the premiers and grands crus, which seem to be bound for glory...
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The Story
Richebourg is a king of a wine: the Colonnade of the Louvre, the Château of Versailles. You are impressed by its finesse, its length and its delicate sensations, endlessly changing. The fact that no element dominates the others enables you to appreciate all of its aromas, on the nose and on the palate. Force and subtlety in one wine ?
Richebourg reacts well to new oak, which it can dominate completely. It is therefore regularly matured...
Wine Information
In any given vintage, Richebourg is always one of the last wines to be drunk. Not because it is too aggressive when young; simply because it needs time to reveal its full complexity.
Vintage 2009
A warm spring with some hail in the northern part of the Côte de Nuits. After an even flowering and a warm June, the summer arrived with variable July weather. Fortunately August was fine with a period of hot weather in the second week. September started with some rain, then became fine and warm again. A harvest of healthy, ripe grapes followed. The 2009s have all the structure packed in with rich, luscious fruit. Comparable to the 2005s. Grea...
