Domaine Jean Grivot Richebourg Grand Cru 2003

  • 95 Robert
    Parker
  • 95 Vinous
2,200
1999 99
Save $200.01 (9%)
OFFER Take $20 off your order of $100+
Ships today if ordered in next 12 hours
1
Limit Reached
Alert me about new vintages and availability
Domaine Jean Grivot Richebourg Grand Cru 2003  Front Bottle Shot
Domaine Jean Grivot Richebourg Grand Cru 2003  Front Bottle Shot Domaine Jean Grivot Richebourg Grand Cru 2003  Front Label

Product Details


Varietal

Region

Producer

Vintage
2003

Size
750ML

Features
Collectible

Boutique

Your Rating

0.0 Not For Me NaN/NaN/N

Somm Note

Winemaker Notes

The wine shows aromas and flavors of red berries, herbs, and purple flowers. The palate is rich with ripe fruit and medium weight with bright acidity and fine tannins. Aging in 40-70% new Burgundian pièce brings notes of vanilla, toast, and baking spices.

Professional Ratings

  • 95
    Incredible aromatic richness and depth is displayed by the blackberry-packed nose of the 2003 Richebourg. Concentrated, powerful, and broad-shouldered, this full-bodied effort reveals tar-laced blackberry flavors. A wine of substantial density, it coats the taster’s palate with huge quantities of fruit as well as ripe tannin. Notes of chocolate, asphalt, and licorice emerge in its extended, sweet, yet structured finish. This bold effort appears to be holding much in reserve, foretelling the possibility of a prodigious future.
  • 95

Other Vintages

2021
  • 98 Jasper
    Morris
2020
  • 99 Decanter
  • 98 Jasper
    Morris
2019
  • 99 Jasper
    Morris
  • 97 Decanter
2018
  • 97 Decanter
  • 96 Jasper
    Morris
2017
  • 97 Decanter
  • 96 Robert
    Parker
  • 95 Jasper
    Morris
2016
  • 98 Robert
    Parker
  • 97 Wine
    Spectator
2011
  • 97 Robert
    Parker
  • 93 Jasper
    Morris
Domaine Jean Grivot

Domaine Jean Grivot

View all products
Domaine Jean Grivot, France
Domaine Jean Grivot  Winery Video

Domaine Jean Grivot is among the great names in Burgundian wine. Étienne Grivot and his wife Marielle (Patrick Bize's sister) took over from Étienne’s father Jean Grivot in 1987. The Grivot family believes in generational change and in 2017, Étienne and Marielle’s daughter, Mathilde, took over for her parents. Mathilde brings a fresh approach while maintaining the longtime traditions of the Grivot family. 

The recently renovated winery and cellar is in Vosne-Romanée where most of the Grivot vineyards are located. The domaine has been assembled over several generations to its current size of 15.5 hectares and includes holdings in three grand crus: Clos de Vougeot, Echézeaux, and Richebourg. Mathilde believes in getting quality first thanks to meticulous vineyard work throughout the year. The result of this hard work is healthy, ripe (both phenolic and sugar levels) and depth of concentration and flavor of the fruit. Today, the vineyards are densely planted and farmed organically “sans certification,” while the aim in the cellar is for balance and clear expression of terroir.

Image for Pinot Noir content section
View all products

Thin-skinned, finicky and temperamental, Pinot Noir is also one of the most rewarding grapes to grow and remains a labor of love for some of the greatest vignerons in Burgundy. Fairly adaptable but highly reflective of the environment in which it is grown, Pinot Noir prefers a cool climate and requires low yields to achieve high quality. Outside of France, outstanding examples come from in Oregon, California and throughout specific locations in wine-producing world. Somm Secret—André Tchelistcheff, California’s most influential post-Prohibition winemaker decidedly stayed away from the grape, claiming “God made Cabernet. The Devil made Pinot Noir.”

Image for Vosne-Romanee Wine Cote de Nuits, Burgundy content section

Vosne-Romanee Wine

Cote de Nuits, Burgundy

View all products

This is the village for the most die-hard Burgundy fanatics. Vosne-Romanée has for many hundreds of years been the source of the most sought-after Pinot Noir in Burgundy. The village claims six Grands Crus—and some of the most famous at that—but in other villages where owners manage tiny parcels or a few rows of any one vineyard, monopolies dominate the Grands Crus of Vosne-Romanee.

Of these monopolies, Domaine Romanee-Conti (DRC) reigns supreme, claiming not only more total vineyard area than any other producer, but outright owning the entirety of two of the Grands Crus and a majority of two others. In its full possession are naturally Romanée-Conti, as well as La Tâche. DRC also owns most of Richebourg and Romanée-St-Vivant. The final two, La Grande Rue and La Romanée are completely owned by other other produers: François Lamarche and Comte Liger Belair, respectively.

While one could spend a lifetime on the puzzles of land ownership in Burgundy, the point is that Vosne-Romanee contains the most valuable pieces of vineyard real estate in the world. Pinot Noir from any of its vineyards—especially from within its 27ha of Grand Cru or 58 ha of Premier Cru land—is going to rank among the best.

The most outstanding wines from this village have everything: finesse and elegance coupled with the body and sturdiness for incredibly long aging ability. They are intensely floral and exotically spiced. Beautifully ripe, complex and ephemeral throughout, they are robust, yet fine-grained in texture. These wines will stay gorgeous for the long haul.

LBO1017356_2003 Item# 1017356

Internet Explorer is no longer supported.
Please use a different browser like Edge, Chrome or Firefox to enjoy all that Wine.com has to offer.

It's easy to make the switch.
Enjoy better browsing and increased security.

Yes, Update Now

Search for ""