Jean Grivot, Richebourg Vintage:2009 and sweet red berry fruit

and sweet red berry fruit add to the wine's stunning allure

and it forces the spotlight on Ravera

a single-region expression of a classic regional variety

the aggregate volume was no larger than in other recent vintages

Jean Grivot, Richebourg Vintage:2009 and sweet red berry fruitA highly spiced, cool and reserved nose features superb breadth with a wonderfully appealing array of plum, violets, wet stone and liqueur of red berry fruit. The rich, focused and intensely mineral inflected large scaled flavors evidence controlled power and a sleek muscularity before terminating in an explosive and palate saturating finish of genuinely stunning length. This tightly wound effort is a middle weight in the context of the appellation