Domaine Follin-Arbelet Romanee-Saint-Vivant Grand Cru 2017 - Bt | NM96

Tasting note

The 2017 Romanée-Saint-Vivant Grand Cru is clean and precise on the nose, one of the most crystalline that I encountered during the blind tasting, offering seamlessly integrated oak, brilliant delineation and shimmering red fruit laced with orange sorbet. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannins, gentle grip, fine delineation and beguiling symmetry. This perhaps conveys more energy on the finish compared to other Grand Crus, though there is a lot of new oak to be subsumed with time. Tasted blind at the Burgfest 2017 tasting.

Score: 96

Neal Martin, Vinous.com, January 2022