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  • Country ranking ?

    191
  • Producer ranking ?

    2
  • Decanting time

    2h
  • When to drink

    from 2028

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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 fragm...

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Vintage 2020

In Burgundy, the harvest is over for most farmers. It has been a year with a lot of heat both in July and August. A huge problem this year has been leaf-thinning and canopy management. Those who have not paid enough attention to the leaf-thinning experienced problems with sunburned grapes.

In Cote d’Or, it is especially the heat that has been tricky this season. First and foremost, some grapes have been burned by the sun resulting in raisin...

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The 2020 Romanée Saint-Vivant Grand Cru has a beautifully-detailed bouquet, very floral, succinct, poised and focused. This gradually unfolds in the glass delivering pressed violet and hints of Indian ink. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannins, silky smooth and poised, just a judicious touch of white pepper with a caressing finish. Understated and classy, this is built for ageing, but will be damned difficult to resist in its flush of youth. 96-98

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Origin

Morey-Saint-Denis, Burgundy

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