Domaine Jean Grivot

Richebourg, Grand Cru, 2016

Name: Richebourg, Grand Cru
Brand: Domaine Jean Grivot
Price: 1323.59 GBP

98/100

Vinous

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all 2015 2016 2019 2020

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2016
1x75cl
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£1,323.59

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

This is something else. One of those wines with a hard-to-pinpoint magic and mystery. So ethereal, stylish and elegant. Inspiring, energising flavours of rose, red berry, alpine strawberry and cherry that float gently across the palate. A wonder of the wine world.

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Wines not bought directly from the vineyard are either sourced from trusted suppliers, with whom we share the same philosophy and rigour in buying, or from our own network of Cellarers customers. These customers’ wines are stored in optimal conditions in Octavian Corsham and, in the vast majority of cases, have been stored by us since the wine was first shipped. We do not purchase wine from auctions.

We feel it is equally important to for our customers that the case they buy and leave in storage with us is exactly the same case they subsequently have delivered. This may sound obvious and straightforward, yet we are one of very few merchants to have taken measures to ensure this.

We have created a system where every case is independent, thereby ensuring a trail of ownership and peace of mind for every customer.

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Justerinis ensures that every case of wine stored with Cellarers (Wines) Ltd has a unique identifier and customer’s name, almost unheard of in the industry as it is expensive to administer. These details are printed and placed on every case which is logged and recorded under your account name and kept in the world’s most renowned storage facility, Octavian Corsham.

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Cellarers (Wines) Ltd is audited by PwC every year.

Critic Reviews

98/100

Neal Martin,

Vinous

The 2016 Richebourg Grand Cru is deep in colour compared to its peers. The bouquet is just stunning: laser-like focus of black cherries, bilberry, crushed stone and iris flowers that blossom with aeration, seeming to gain intensity with every passing moment. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin and perhaps more black than red fruit. Extremely well delineated with wonderful salinity, this begins to fan out on the finish. Then, remembering that it is just a baby, it tapers back in to remind you that it will need 10 to 15 years in the cellar before it reaches full flight. This is a fabulous wine. Tasted blind at the 2016 Burgfest tasting.

drinking window 2030 - 2075

date of review 10/2019

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13.5%

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This product may contain sulphites. Full allergen information is available upon request, please call our Customer Relations Team on +44 (0)20 7484 6430.