Jean Grivot Nuit-Saint-Georges Ronciere 1er Cru 2014 (750ml)

93 WA / 92 BH / 91 WS / 90 VM

Tasted blind at the Burgfest 2014 tasting, Grivot's 2014 Nuits St Georges 1er Cru les Roncières has a clean, quite pure bouquet with cranberry, bergamot and wild hedgerow aromas, developing rose petal/pressed flower scents with aeration. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannin, a fine line of acidity, fleshy and rounded with a caressing, poised finish that keeps you coming back for another sip. It will benefit from another couple of years in bottle. The kind of wine that you will need to have a second bottle in reserve. Tasted September 2017. Neal Martin – The Wine Advocate

Tasting note: A well-layered and appealingly fresh combination features various red berries, floral, earth, herbal tea and sauvage hints. There is fine richness to the lively, intense and mineral-driven medium weight flavors that exhibit a distinct salinity on the beautifully complex, well-balanced and firm finale. Good stuff. Outstanding – Sweet Spot – Allen Meadows - Burghound

Sweet spices introduce this red, with bright cherry and strawberry flavors that mesh with the silky texture. Moderate tannins add structure and this finishes long and intense. Best from 2018 through 2033. - Bruce Sanderson, Wine Spectator

Bright dark red. Pungent minerality energizes the aromas of musky dark cherry, raspberry and licorice. A silky yet firm midweight with a slightly herbal quality to its rather primary, nicely delineated flavors. More firmly tannic and less harmonious today than the village Vosne-Romanée, and harder to taste. But this youthfully medicinal wine avoids coming off as hard. - Stephen Tanzer, Vinous Media