Community Tasting Note

• Paul S wrote: 92 points

  September 20, 2019 - Richebourg + RSV for Mike and Pete's birthday (Holland Park, Singapore): Third time round with this wine - and I must say it has been quite inconsistent. This bottle was back to the: Good, but not as good as an RSV should be, territory. Especially from a sterling vintage like 2022. the wine did have very nice nose of cigarette smoke, dark fruited plums and blueberries, earthy soil, and a lift of violets and vanilla at the edges. Somehow rather more advanced than the last couple of bottles I thought, but very attractive. The palate was fresh and lively too, with nice flavours of dark cherries, berries and plums, mineral and smoke drifting along into a decent finish. My issue with this is that it felt a bit thin, a little on the skinny side for a Grand Cru, let alone one from such hallowed terroir. A bit of a lightweight then, but it was very elegant, showing a lovely shape and transparency to it. Drinking very nicely too, if just lacking a sense of depth and oomph.

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