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Critics Ratings

‘A maturing and ultra-elegant, pure and quite delicately fruited nose is exceptionally spicy and floral in character. The refined and seductively textured, detailed and delineated middle weight flavors possess laser-like focus on the energetic, complex and strikingly long finish. This is an unqualified success for the 2007 vintage and I was seriously impressed with its overall sense of harmony, grace and class. Note that this is already drinking well though I would be inclined to hold it for a few more years first. I have also tasted this on several occasions since it was released with nary a poor bottle. 2027+’ - Allen Meadows, Burghound.com, 95/100 (Apr 2024)

‘Very together, revealing pure floral, strawberry and raspberry aromas and flavors. Refined, balanced and harmonious, with the firm structure showing on the lingering mineral finish. I prefer this to the Richebourg today. -- Non-blind 2007 DRC tasting (February 2010). Best from 2014 through 2030.’ - Bruce Sanderson, Wine Spectator, 94/100 (Aug 2012)

‘The Domaine’s 2007 Romanee-St.-Vivant predictably inhabits a different world – not to mention being in a different league of complexity and intrigue – from their Echezeaux, Grands Echezeaux, or Richebourg of that vintage. Peat, leather, humus, forest floor, and decadent floral perfume are joined by an oceanic saline, alkaline, kelp-tinged aspect, and these surf-and-turf aspects follow on a polished palate that – despite only the slightest nod in the direction of overt fruitiness by way of dark berries – nevertheless displays a mouth-watering juiciness to accompany its myriad mineral and organic complexities. A persistently satisfying and thought-provoking finish points to the likelihood of 12-15 years continuance. 2010-2025’ - David Schildknecht, Wine Advocate, 93/100 (Jun 2010)

‘Medium red. Precise aromas of violet, cocoa powder, smoky oak and earth, with red berries emerging with aeration. Tighter in the middle palate than the Grands-Echezeaux, showing somewhat cooler, soil-driven flavors and a sexy dusty minerality, but this still boasts impressive breadth and fat. Finishes classically dry and extremely long, with building tannins. An exciting wine in the making but austere today and in need of a decade of patience.’ - Stephen Tanzer, Vinous, 93+/100 (Mar 2010)