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Lucien Le Moine, Richebourg Grand Cru 2015
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Reviewed by: James Suckling
An incredible wine with tar, rose petals, wet earth and cherries. Decadent and wild. Full-bodied, dense and layered. Powerful and structured. Yet, silky and polished. A truly great wine. Shows peach undertones, too. Needs six to eight years to open up.
Reviewed by: Stephen Tanzer
Medium-deep red. Wonderfully rich, deep aromas of raspberry, smoky minerality, cappuccino and cocoa powder (Saouma describes this as "an old expression of Richebourg"). Extremely primary and unformed but already very dense and thick, offering highly concentrated flavors of dark berries, mocha and mineral salts. Incredibly backward verging on disorienting, this singular wine finishes with noble tannins and a lingering note of cocoa powder. The Lucien Le Moine '15s from Vosne-Romanée are really incredibly backward today and my projected scoring ranges for this wine and the Grands-Echezeaux may turn out to look stingy. (Incidentally, Saouma will not offer a Gaudichots this year.)
About the Producer
Domaine Lucien Le Moine is a small-scale, boutique winery based in Burgundy, France. It was established in 1999 by Mounir and Rotem Saouma, who named the estate after their son, Lucien. The winery is known for its meticulous approach to winemaking, focusing on producing limited quantities of high-quality wines. The philosophy behind Domaine Lucien Le Moine revolves around the concept of "micro-negotiant." Rather than owning their own vineyards, Mounir and Rotem carefully select grapes from trusted growers across various appellations in Burgundy. This allows them to have control over every aspect of the winemaking process, from vineyard management to the final bottling.The winery's production is extremely limited, with a focus on premier cru and grand cru vineyards.
