Gerard Raphet Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru Vieilles Vignes, Cote de Nuits, France 2020 Ribeira Sacra This is the rich wine

This is the rich wine of the vintage

thanks to the abundant citrus

fine-boned profile by the standards of this habitually vinous

Hard to find St-Julien like this anymore

the aromas become even more marked by spicy and smoky touches

Gerard Raphet Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru Vieilles Vignes, Cote de Nuits, France 2020 Ribeira Sacra This is the rich wineFresh, ripe and beautifully layered aromas of dark berries are laced with ample amounts of newly turned earth and that pungent forest floor character. The old vines are very much in evidence on the wonderfully textured broad shouldered flavors that coat the palate with sappy dry extract while terminating in a dense, powerful and very serious finale.