2021 Alain Hudelot-Noellat, Romanee-Saint-Vivant Grand Cru, Bottle (750ml)

BH94 "Here the expressive nose offers up plenty of forest floor, indeed almost a sous-bois element, on the spicy and floral-suffused nose. The intense and refined middleweight flavors possess a silky mid-palate texture that contrasts markedly with the powerful, serious, youthfully austere and quite firmly structured finale. This is impressive but note well that's not a seductive RSV, indeed it's also going to require extended patience to arrive at its peak." AM for BH Jan 2024

DR94 "An almost incredible rush of ripe plummy fruit with earth, mineral, and spice nuance leads to a texture that is at once dense, compact, and vibrant on the palate. This thrilling wine comes from 0.50 hectares of 100-year-old vines in the heart of Romanée-St-Vivant. The grapes are mostly destemmed before fermentation on wild yeast and ageing in cask (half new). This wine will open with a bit of time and should live for at least thirty years." CC for DR Nov 2022