Romanée St. Vivant Grand Cru Pinot Noir

Vivid and full of flavor. Bright and gamey with floral notes, dark cherry and violets. Sappy with a hint of iodine. Delicious

Reddish tawny with a hint of mahogany. Mostly translucent. Herbal nose. Notes of pine tree, red berries and some wood – and not much more than that. Has that pyrazine / lady bug affect, although not overly so – but it’s enough to hide elements like the Vosne spice and detract from what should be a high-end wine.

From magnum. Decanted for 2 hours and consumed over the rest of the evening. Nice dark tawny color. Mostly translucent. Bright, bing cherry nose. Also notes of earth, red licorice, rhubarb. Big and powerful in the mouth. The exotic perfume grows as this wine gets time to open in the glass. Later in the evening this was singing. This large format bottle could easily have delivered more pleasure for another 10 years.

From magnum. Dark reddish tawny color, sharp in the glass. Bright nose develops with air and reveals notes of ripe black cherries, rhubarb, Asian spice and a little menthol. Very complete in the mouth. Fruit and acidity in nice balance. Young still, although this was a well stored magnum. Still has more to develop in the bottle I think/hope.

Wow this bottle is the definition of giving! Interesting rating on this because there is soooo much fruit. This came out of mag but I called 09. Very new world in style save for the nose.

Tasted blind. Dark and opaque. Closed nose despite hours of air. Black fruit, pepper, suis bois nose. Seems to be a very young wine and needs another 10+ years to be more complex. 93+.

Thank you Adrian...

Much more expressive aromatic ally than the last bottle. Ripe fruit and fine ground spice on the palate. Tasty!

Restrained on the nose, but great texture on the palate. Fine ground brown spices galore.

Nice wine.