Domaine Jean Grivot Vosne Romanee Les Beaux Monts 2016 Bouteille (75cl)
The 2016 Domaine Jean Grivot Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Beaux Monts is a red Burgundy wine made from 100% Pinot Noir in the Vosne-Romanée appellation. This cuvée comes from the Premier Cru classified climat Les Beaux Monts. The Wine Advocate awards it 95-97/100 and Jancis Robinson 18/20. Critics highlight a pure, energetic profile combining red and black fruits, freshness, floral finesse, and a lingering mineral backbone. The Wine Advocate recommends drinking from 2020 to 2045, and Jancis Robinson from 2024 to 2040.
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
- Les Beaux Monts
- 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.
Les Beaux Monts
Les Beaux Monts is a climat officially authorized to bear the Vosne-Romanée Premier Cru designation in the commune of Vosne-Romanée. The product specification states that this climat includes the lieu-dit Les Beaux Monts as well as a part of the lieu-dit Les Hauts Beaux Monts. Descriptions covering the broader expanse of Les Beaux Monts indicate a southeast exposure, a hillside position lying approximately between 270 and 310 meters, and well-drained stony soils; however, these data are not isolated to the 2.42-hectare lieu-dit alone. A producer source locally reports shallow soil resting on Comblanchien limestone, but this observation concerns a specific plot and cannot be generalized to the entire site.
- Vineyard commune
- Vosne-Romanée
- Origin of the vineyard name
- According to the etymology cited by Maison Louis Latour, "Beaux" is believed to derive from the pre-Indo-European root BAL, meaning "height"; "Beaux Monts" thus forms a redundant toponym designating a height.
Le domaine dans cette parcelle
- Estate holding in the vineyard (ha)
- 0.930000 ha
- Vineyard holding status
- owner
Histoire de la parcelle
The name Beaux Monts is said to already appear on a 16th-century map, according to Domaine Michel Noëllat. The parcel area conferring the right to the Premier Cru designation was approved by the INAO during the sessions of June 1 and 2, 1988. The AOC product specification explicitly distinguishes the Les Beaux Monts climat and the cadastral lieux-dits that comprise it.
