Romanee St Vivant Lucien Le Moine 2007

Lucien Le Moine Romanée St Vivant 2007 is a full-bodied red Burgundy from the Grand Cru climat of Romanée St Vivant in the Vosne-Romanée commune of the Côte de Nuits. Essentially a boutique micro-negociant producing only 1ers and Grands Crus, husband and wife team Mounir and Rotem Saouma craft a broad yet extremely limited range of highly sought-after wines using traditional, low-intervention methods of elevage (minimal racking, no fining or filtration, minimal sulphur, working by gravity). "Aromatically, there is a resemblance to the Gaudichots as the intensity of the floral elements are quite distinctive with every bit as much airy elegance and purity with the classic RSV spice notes continuing onto the detailed, minerally and beautifully precise flavours that possess an underlying reserve and a finish that is nothing but sheer class. In short, this is a knockout." Burghound, 2009