Beautiful nose of red fruit, citrus, and flowers. Palate was smooth was good acidity and tart fruit. Some prunes and plums started to emerge towards the end of a 3 hour session. Palate is medium plus.
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Shared by friends from another table at Nicolas. Arnoux’s Romanee St-Vivant is always amongst the benchmark wines for the vineyard vintage-in and vintage-out, and this was no exception. It had a beautiful nose, with shades of orange peel, lots of lifted wood spice notes - cloves, cinnamon and sandalwood – and a drift of dried flowers, all floating above a core of sweet dark cherries and plum aromas. An absolutely gorgeous bouquet. At first, I thought this had just that extra woodiness amongst its spicy scents that betrayed the 1998 vintage when tasted blind. The palate caused some pause though – it was an absolutely dense mouthful, with a lovely sweet glow of sappy cherries and juicy plums showing a wonderful depth and fullness that one would normally attribute to a stronger vintage. Past the midpalate, more earthy, meaty nuances and a lovely infusion of spice then carried the wine into a beautiful finish that showed the elegant structure and definition that I love in the best of Arnoux’s wines. It was only a gentle raspiness on the tannins right at the end that confirmed my suspicions on the vintage, but not in a rustic way that one gets from some other examples from 1998 – think more like Billie Holliday trailing away in the last line of a great jazz number. A really lovely wine, just starting to resolve, but with the juicy freshness and balance to suggest that it has its best years ahead of it yet.
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RSV night at Nicolas. Darkest of the 4 RSVs on show. Dark red, almost opaque. Spice, sandalwood, leather on the nose, with lots of black berries, currants, earth and forest floor. Good acidity and grip, with well integrated tannins. Compared to the Noellat and JJC, this seemed slightly "rougher", but still had a good reflection of the terroir.
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more BURGUNDY (@ Burgaddict - Leiden, NL): From magnum this RSV offers up a spicy nose with notes of black currant. There’s volume, power and muscle on the palate and long finish with full-bodied dark fruit flavors and forest floor. Needs more time to be at its best.
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Leiden March 2015 tasting: From magnum. Lovely dark fruit nose with leather and coffee tones. A nose to drown in. Taste starts with surprisingly fresh fruit, very open, concentrated, seems a lot younger than it is. Mid-palate more mature tones. It seems to hold it self back a bit in the last part, is even a bit edgy. Finish is long but slightly restricted. If the finish develops more with additional time in the cellar I would give this 95-96 points.
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brought to FLM lunch with Eric. spicy and floral with good tension. probably shouldn't have decanted as I felt the fruit faded a little bit towards the end. pop and pour next time.
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Some RSV (and friends) with dinner (Boka - Chicago IL): Very pretty styled RSV showing great Asian spice and elegance in a fairly simple package. Fruit frankly isn't outstanding here, but rather the spice, floral charm and balance make this wine excellent. Good red cherry is combined with really nice spice as well as minerality and acidity to give this a long, clean finish and lots of charm. Open (not decanted) about 90 minutes before served. This wine held steady for another 90+ minutes, then started a slow fade. Probably not getting any better.
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Wow, not too familiar with Arnoux"s wines but thing makes me want to get intimate with them. A ton beautifiul silky red fruit on this baby, if you have any, crack one and enjoy.
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12/21/2018 - steinersing wrote: 94 Points
Beautiful nose, followed by a dark fruit and earthy body. Gained in transparancy. Great effort for the vintage.
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11/4/2017 - Burgundy Al wrote: 93 Points
Burgundy Dinner with Friends (The Blanchard - Chicago IL): Great nose of red cherry with baking spice. Similar flavors, subdued to start, more robust after 2 hours in glass. Kept getting better, longer with more air.
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7/23/2016 - Burgnick Likes this wine: 93 Points
Beautiful nose of red fruit, citrus, and flowers. Palate was smooth was good acidity and tart fruit. Some prunes and plums started to emerge towards the end of a 3 hour session. Palate is medium plus.
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11/20/2015 - Paul S wrote: 94 Points
Shared by friends from another table at Nicolas. Arnoux’s Romanee St-Vivant is always amongst the benchmark wines for the vineyard vintage-in and vintage-out, and this was no exception. It had a beautiful nose, with shades of orange peel, lots of lifted wood spice notes - cloves, cinnamon and sandalwood – and a drift of dried flowers, all floating above a core of sweet dark cherries and plum aromas. An absolutely gorgeous bouquet. At first, I thought this had just that extra woodiness amongst its spicy scents that betrayed the 1998 vintage when tasted blind. The palate caused some pause though – it was an absolutely dense mouthful, with a lovely sweet glow of sappy cherries and juicy plums showing a wonderful depth and fullness that one would normally attribute to a stronger vintage. Past the midpalate, more earthy, meaty nuances and a lovely infusion of spice then carried the wine into a beautiful finish that showed the elegant structure and definition that I love in the best of Arnoux’s wines. It was only a gentle raspiness on the tannins right at the end that confirmed my suspicions on the vintage, but not in a rustic way that one gets from some other examples from 1998 – think more like Billie Holliday trailing away in the last line of a great jazz number. A really lovely wine, just starting to resolve, but with the juicy freshness and balance to suggest that it has its best years ahead of it yet.
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11/20/2015 - justburg wrote: 90 Points
RSV night at Nicolas. Darkest of the 4 RSVs on show. Dark red, almost opaque. Spice, sandalwood, leather on the nose, with lots of black berries, currants, earth and forest floor. Good acidity and grip, with well integrated tannins. Compared to the Noellat and JJC, this seemed slightly "rougher", but still had a good reflection of the terroir.
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3/12/2015 - Barry Rothof wrote: 93 Points
more BURGUNDY (@ Burgaddict - Leiden, NL): From magnum this RSV offers up a spicy nose with notes of black currant. There’s volume, power and muscle on the palate and long finish with full-bodied dark fruit flavors and forest floor. Needs more time to be at its best.
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3/5/2015 - Burgaddict wrote: 94 Points
Leiden March 2015 tasting: From magnum. Lovely dark fruit nose with leather and coffee tones. A nose to drown in. Taste starts with surprisingly fresh fruit, very open, concentrated, seems a lot younger than it is. Mid-palate more mature tones. It seems to hold it self back a bit in the last part, is even a bit edgy. Finish is long but slightly restricted. If the finish develops more with additional time in the cellar I would give this 95-96 points.
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9/13/2012 - Lord Rayas wrote: 93 Points
brought to FLM lunch with Eric. spicy and floral with good tension. probably shouldn't have decanted as I felt the fruit faded a little bit towards the end. pop and pour next time.
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8/29/2011 - Burgundy Al wrote: 93 Points
Some RSV (and friends) with dinner (Boka - Chicago IL): Very pretty styled RSV showing great Asian spice and elegance in a fairly simple package. Fruit frankly isn't outstanding here, but rather the spice, floral charm and balance make this wine excellent. Good red cherry is combined with really nice spice as well as minerality and acidity to give this a long, clean finish and lots of charm. Open (not decanted) about 90 minutes before served. This wine held steady for another 90+ minutes, then started a slow fade. Probably not getting any better.
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3/14/2009 - the godfather wrote: 95 Points
Wow, not too familiar with Arnoux"s wines but thing makes me want to get intimate with them. A ton beautifiul silky red fruit on this baby, if you have any, crack one and enjoy.
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