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Wine Description
The Story
The Romanée Saint-Vivant Grand Cru lies west and northwest of the village of Vosne-Romanée, at the bottom of the hillside, where the slope is steep (7%). The plot varies very little in altitude, from 253 to 254 meters. Le lieu-dit faces southeast.
The reddish-brown soil is 50 to 60 cm thick and contains a variety of blunt-to-rounded limestone fragments.
The substratum underlying Romanée Saint-Vivant is mainly composed of limestone fragments cemented together by a salmon-colored clay limestone matrix. This conglomerate rock is the result of major erosion that occurred as the topography of the Côte de Nuits took shape.
Vintage 2008
An indifferent spring caused uneven flowering and mildew risk. At the end of June the weather changed for the better, continuing into July. Apart from local hail in the Côte de Beaune at the end of July, the summer began well. August arrived fairly cold and variable, but fortunately the last week of the month brought fine, warm weather. The lead-up to harvest saw sunny skies, apart from two days of rain in mid-September. A challenging vintage.
From day one the red wines have had a rich, pure fruit character with fine, silky tannins. The whites offer a good balance between ripe fruit and vibrant acidity. A vintage not to be overlooked because the wines deliver potential and pleasure.
