Aromas and flavors of macerated cherry are shaded by toast and spice in this fleshy red. Vibrant and fluid, with dense tannins and a toasty, smoky aftertaste. Classy and a little reticent now, so be patient. Best from 2019 through 2030. 5 cases imported.??–BS??Region: France / Burgundy / Richebourg Select to Add

Tasted blind at the Burgfest tasting in Beaune, the 2013 Richebourg Grand Cru has a note of bacon fat on the nose, quite well defined, toasty and savory (a touch of morels here?). The palate is medium-bodied with soft tannin, moderate weight, sweet with brown sugar notes towards the plush finish that lacks some backbone. This is just not the style that ticks my boxes. Tasted September 2016.

Tasted blind at the annual "Burgfest" tasting in Beaune. The 2012 Richebourg Grand Cru from Domaine Gros Frère & Soeur has another slight reduction on the nose, savoury with Italian cured meat/delicatessen aromas coming through and then a strong scent that bought to mind the word - fishmonger! The winemaking here is more articulated than the terroir. The palate is medium-bodied with sappy red berry fruit, slightly dry tannin with coca sprinkled liberally over the finish. So easy to nail the producer under blind conditions - it is not a bad Richebourg, but outclassed with the ranks of Grivot and indeed, his sister Anne-Fran?ois's own Richebourg.