Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru "Roncière”, Domaine Jean Grivot, Burgundy, FR, 2021 (Mathilde Grivot)

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Article code: JM 95 Pts

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Jean Grivot Nuits-Saints-George 2021;95 JM, 93 WS; Aromas & flavors of red berries, herbs, & purple flowers. The palate is rich with ripe fruit and medium weight with bright acidity & fine tannins. Aging in 30-60% new Burgundian pièce brings notes of van

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Professional consensus is excellent, with the wine praised for its energy, finesse, red-fruited character, minerality and structure:

Jasper Morris: 95 pts — juicy red berries, raspberry, garrigue and abundant energy; complex, refreshing and impeccably structured. Drink 2028–2036.
Wine Spectator: 93 pts — wild cherry, currant, sandalwood, smoke and earth; lively acidity, refined tannins, silky texture and a long finish. Best 2027–2040.
Burghound: 91–93 pts — perfumed and spicy, with red cherry, crushed fennel and subtle minerality; refined, vibrant and focused. “Punch and finesse.”
Vinous (Neal Martin): 90–92 pts — red berries, cedar and graphite; medium-bodied, fine-grained and tense, with a pleasantly strict finish.
Jancis Robinson: 16.5/20 — sweet red fruit, strawberry, cherry and raspberry, with good concentration and a distinctly muscular Nuits structure.

Overall: roughly 92–93-point professional consensus, with Morris notably enthusiastic. This looks like a classic, elegant 2021 Burgundy rather than a rich, powerful style, with the structure to reward patience. I'd favor 2028–2036+ for peak drinking.

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 30-35% new Burgundian pièce brings notes of vanilla, toast, and baking spices.

Professional Ratings

95 Jasper Morris
Bright red crimson colour with very juicy red berry fruit on the nose, this has abundant energy and makes one salivate. There is its habitual garrigue touch at the back then a second helping of sweet raspberry fruit, Impeccable structure, a really interesting complex and refreshing wine. Gourmand in the best sense. The fruit just keeps coming back behind. A stunning result from a lesser known 1er Cru. Drink from 2028-2036.
Barrel Sample: 93-95
93 Wine Spectator

Wild cherry, currant, sandalwood, smoke and earth notes are defined by lively acidity and refined tannins in this intense red. Accents of smoke and roasted game bird add to the complexity, while the texture is silky and the aftertaste long. Wait a decade at least on this.

Domaine Jean Grivot is among the great names in Burgundian wine. Étienne Grivot and his wife Marielle took over from Étienne’s father Jean Grivot in 1987. The vineyards are densely planted and farmed organically “ sans certification” while the aim in the cellar is for balance and clear expression of terroir.
Jean Grivot’s 38.3 acres spread across 22 appellations with vineyards in the communes of
Vosne-Romanée, Vougeot, Chambolle-Musigny, and Nuits-Saint-Georges. Besides the three
grand crus, there are 8 premier crus including the much lauded Les Beaux Monts and Suchots
in Vosne-Romanée. The grapes are completely de-stemmed and fermentation is spontaneous.
Nuits-Saint-Georges Les Roncière 1er cru lies in the “Zone de Saint-Georges” or central section
of Nuits-Saint-Georges near the town itself. Roncière takes its name because the soil is so poor
that it is said only “ronces” (mulberries) can grow there. It is produced from a 0.5-hectare parcel
from vines planted in 1959.
The grapes are destemmed and maceration à froid usually lasts just a day or two. The alcoholic
fermentation is spontaneous and malolactic fermentation occurs in barrel. Depending on the
vintage, the proportion of new oak is around 30-60% for the premier crus.