Domain Jean Grivot Echezeaux 2016
The Domaine Jean Grivot Échezeaux 2016 is a red Burgundy wine, classified as a Grand Cru and originating from the Échezeaux plot in Vosne-Romanée. It is made from 100% Pinot Noir. The Wine Advocate awards it 92–94/100, highlighting a sensual and very pure profile driven by red and black fruits, a fine tannic structure, and a balanced palate. Jancis Robinson rates it 17.5++/20, praising its intensity. To be enjoyed between 2020 and 2040 according to The Wine Advocate, or from 2026 to 2042 according to Jancis Robinson.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Packaging
- Loose
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- Red
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Bourgogne
- Appellation
- Vosne Romanée
- Producteur / Domaine
- Domaine Jean Grivot
- Parcelle / Cru
- Échezeaux (Vosne Romanée)
- Millésime
- 2016
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 100% Pinot Noir
Domaine Jean Grivot
Domaine Jean Grivot is a family-run estate based in Vosne-Romanée, in the Côte de Nuits. It cultivates vineyards spread across Vosne-Romanée, Nuits-Saint-Georges, Chambolle-Musigny and Vougeot, including plots in Clos de Vougeot, Échezeaux and Richebourg. Mathilde and Hubert Grivot represent the sixth generation of the family at the estate.
- Owner
- Famille Grivot
- Maître de chais
- Mathilde Grivot
- Surface (ha)
- 14.80 ha
- Production (average bottles per vintage)
- 75 000 bouteilles/an
Histoire du domaine
The Grivot family has been based in Vosne-Romanée for several generations. At the end of the 18th century, Joseph Grivot left Arcenant to settle in Burgundy, in Vosne-Romanée. The family’s wine-growing estate grew gradually throughout the 20th century. A plot in Clos de Vougeot was acquired in 1919 by Gaston Grivot. By the 1930s, the family was among the producers in Vosne-Romanée who bottled and marketed their own wines. Jean Grivot succeeded Gaston and expanded the estate by acquiring a plot of Richebourg in 1984. His son Étienne joined the business in 1982, then succeeded him in 1987 alongside his wife Marielle. Mathilde and Hubert Grivot in turn joined the family estate in 2010. Mathilde took charge of winemaking as part of the handover initiated by her parents, whilst she and Hubert now ensure the estate’s continuity within the family.
Échezeaux (Vosne Romanée)
Échezeaux is a Grand Cru appellation physically delimited within the Côte de Nuits, located entirely within the commune of Flagey-Echézeaux, between Clos de Vougeot and the Premiers Crus of Vosne-Romanée. It brings together eleven climats and features more diverse topography and soils than the neighboring Grands-Echezeaux Grand Cru. The vineyard ranges in altitude from 230 meters to just over 300 meters, with a slope reaching 13% mid-slope. Bajocian marls, locally covered with scree, gravel, red alluvium, and yellowish marls, form a complex mosaic.
- Vineyard commune
- Flagey-Echézeaux
- Origin of the vineyard name
- The name refers to the former "Chezeaux", originating from Late Latin casa, casale or casalis, designating dwelling sites or a group of homes, likely a former hamlet.
- Exposure
- East-facing
- Altitude
- 230 m
- Slope
- Up to 13% mid-slope
- Soil
- Stony covers, gravel, red alluvium, and yellowish marls; soils 70 to 80 cm deep upslope.
- Subsoil and geology
- Jurassic complex dominated by Bajocian marls.
Le domaine dans cette parcelle
- Estate holding in the vineyard (ha)
- 0.840000 ha
- Vineyard holding status
- owner, vines entered the family through inheritance
- Indicative vine age
- Échezeaux parcel planted in 1954.
Histoire de la parcelle
The winegrowing development of Échezeaux is associated with the monks of the Abbey of Cîteaux in the 12th and 13th centuries, within the same historical complex as Clos de Vougeot. The Échezeaux Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée was recognized by the decree of July 31, 1937, published on August 11, 1937.
