Clos Des Grands Moines

Domaine de la Romanée-Conti (DRC)

Grands Échézeaux Pinot Noir 2018

To celebrate my 9,000 reviews on vivino, here is a beautiful Pinot Noir.

Dark ruby in color with a wide reddish rim.

Strong fruity nose with bing cherries, raspberries, sweet strawberries, spices, oak, vanilla, licorice, chocolates, tobacco, earth and black pepper.

Medium plus in body with medium acidity.

Dry and fruity on the palate with blueberries, black cherries, light earth, herbs, spices, vanilla, cedar, black pepper, light cola, dark coffee and licorice. black pepper.

Medium plus in finish with fine grained tannins and tangy raspberries.

This Pinot Noir from Burgundy is already drinking very nicely, but still extremely young. Well balanced and smooth with nice complexity and mouthfeel.

I had it blind right out of the bottle. That was a nice surprise. I called 2018 Burgundy Pinot Noir, but I did not see this kind of bottle coming... What a great experience to blind taste such an iconic wine.

There is always an aura when drinking these kind of wines, but drinking them blind, gives you a perspective that might be missed otherwise.

Needed 2 hours in the decanter to open up properly, and bring more complexity. Much better once it opens up.

Robert Parker 94 points.

I had an older vintage of this wine a year ago, and it is such a different wine. Will continue to age nicely in the next 30 to 40 years.

13.5% alcohol by volume.

92 points.

$2,500.
— 4 months ago

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Mongeard-Mugneret

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2011 vintage. Open (not decanted) and tasted after two hours. Fresh as a daisy. Tremendous power and finesse with a finish lasting over a minute. Insignificantly small amount of silty sediment. No rush to crush. Really gorgeous stuff. 12.8.23. — 5 months ago

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Nice.

Michel Gaunoux

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damn but that sounds great.

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Exquisite and delicious!!

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— 6 months ago

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Wow. Amazing. Rich. But mineral. Salty. Green apple.

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It’s beautiful and French in the way that only the French can be. — 4 months ago

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Domaine les Grands Bois

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