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Lucien Le Moine, Romanee St Vivant Grand Cru 2005
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Description
Lucien Le Moine, Romanee Saint Vivant, Grand Cru, Burgundy, Red, 2005
Tasting notes
Reviewed by: Stephen Tanzer
Bright ruby-red. Wild, leesy aromas of black raspberry, blackberry, graphite, minerals and musky earth. The palate offers incredible sweetness and palate-saturating texture, with wonderful breadth to the flavors of purple fruits, violet and minerals. This mounts inexorably on the back half, suffusing the mouth with perfume on the endless finish. A knockout.
Reviewed by: David Schildknecht
The single barrel of 2005 Romanee-St.-Vivant at this address smells of roasted game, super-concentrated, fresh purple plum, black raspberry, cumin, coriander and other exotic spices. Fantastically clear, concentrated and gripping, with tart fruit skin, concentrated, salty, soy-drenched meatiness, mysterious florality, and tactile spiciness, this finishes with length, eloquence and intrigue like some great, vinous novel. (Any suspicions I may have harbored, incidentally – and I did – that this famous grand cru simply couldn’t challenge the best of red Burgundy, were forever shattered by this wine and several of its 2005 counterparts.) Importer: Vintus, Pleasantville, NY; tel. (919) 769-3000
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.
