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Remoissenet Père et Fils, Beaune 1er Cru, “Grèves”

Other, France 2007 (750mL)
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Remoissenet Père et Fils, Beaune 1er Cru, “Grèves”

In a move right out of the Santa Claus playbook, Remoissenet estate manager Pierre Rovani dipped into his prodigious bag of aged Burgundian goodies and came up with a small parcel of today’s 2007 Beaune “Grèves” Premier Cru for us. This is a remarkable 2007 (a year I’ve been enjoying more and more as the wines age), deeply complex and blessed with layers of fruit not typical of the vintage.
And while we would have loved to send it out on Christmas Day, it’s even more gratifying to share this luscious, bottle-aged red amidst the back-to-work/school drudgery of January. This wine will wrap you in its warm, coddling embrace and tell you everything is going to be okay in 2018. And it’s the latest reminder, not that any was needed, of the exciting things happening at Remoissenet, the historic négociant firm in Beaune whose recent resurgence has been well-chronicled here. Recently labeled and shipped directly from Remoissenet’s vast, catacomb-like cellars and sourced from one of the most iconic vineyards in all of Burgundy, this wine really is a gift at this price. We’re only sending this offer to our top customers, and can allocate up to six bottles per person until our stock runs out. You do not want to pass this up—it’s a guaranteed winner!
Given Remoissenet’s landmark status in the city of Beaune, it’s only natural that they’d bottle a wine from the “Grèves” Premier Cru, itself a Beane landmark. Relatively large at 35 hectares—and recognizable even to Burgundy neophytes because of the many large houses (Jadot, Latour, Bouchard) who bottle wine from it—the vineyard is a southeast-facing site whose thin, pebbly soils are said to have inspired its name (grèves being derived from gravière, meaning ‘gravel pit’). Although there are Grand Cru vineyards a few miles north on the hill of Corton, “Grèves” is an over-achieving Premier Cru that regularly delivers some of the best reds in the Côte de Beaune. One of the most appealing characteristics of Grèves wines is their generosity, and this ’07 is a great example of what the vineyard delivers—an extra layer of dark cherry fruit framed by silky, fine-grained tannins. Texture and drinkability are Grèves hallmarks, and they are on full display in this vintage—a vastly underrated one, by the way, based on this and other recent experiences with it.

It’s well worth noting that Remoissenet owns its parcel of Grèves and now farms it biodynamically, in accordance with the new-era thinking ushered it at the property after its 2005 ownership change (in addition to Rovani, the Remoissenet team including veteran cellar master Bernard Répolt and sure-handed winemaker Claudie Jobard). The 2007 Grèves was aged a little over a year in 40% new French oak.

The wine shows off its direct-from-Beaune provenance in the form of its still-youthful dark ruby hue and bright, fruit-driven aromatics. A lush wave of black and red cherry, raspberry, plum, and currant jump out first, followed by notes of lilac, warm spice, truffles, wet stones and underbrush. Nearly full-bodied on the palate and blessed with a velvety texture, it is entering its sweet spot now but has the balance and crunch for further development. We were thrilled by how generous and textured this wine was after about 30 minutes open; open a bottle tonight and serve it at 60-65 degrees in large Burgundy stems with a duck confit. Cellar your remaining bottles and re-visit periodically over the next 5-7 years. They will make you very happy. Cheers!
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France
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Other
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FranceBeaune 1er Cru “Grèves”
Soil
Limestone and Clay
Blend
Pinot Noir
Alcohol
13.0
OAK
French Oak Barriques
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60
Glassware
Burgundy Stems
Drinking
Now-2025
Decanting
Optional
Pairing
Duck Confit

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