Domaine Jean Grivot Vosne-Romanee 2018

Etienne Grivot succeeded his father, Jean, in 1987, and today presides over 15 hectares of vines spread across Nuits, Vosne, Vougeot and Echzeaux. This is one of the modern-day, benchmark Burgundian domaines. The estates densely-planted old vines (the average age is 40 years old) produce naturally-low yields and, together with Etiennes organic approach to viticulture and sensible winemaking, result in vivid, pure, very well-balanced Burgundies. The wines are much more softly extracted than when Etienne first started, the winemaking is incredibly flexible, depending on the vintage, but usually only 5% of stalks are retained, and rarely more than a third of the barrels are new. A reference point for good Burgundy.