The 2013 Richebourg Grand Cru is a wonderful wine. Here it has a superb, quite aristocratic bouquet with wild strawberry, crushed stone, clove and just a subtle marine tincture. It just seems to "grow" in stature. The palate is extremely well balanced with firm backbone, great density with a muscular, quite grippy finish. It just gives you everything you want from a Richebourg. Tasted at Goedhuis & Co.'s annual Burgundy tasting in London.

Deep medium red. Ripe, sexy aromas of wild strawberry, rose petal and minerals. Dense and sappy yet weightless, with a seamless, sensual texture leavened by crushed-stone minerality. Offers compelling inner-mouth aromatic character and strong saline and rocky nuances to its very pure dark fruit flavors. Spreads out to saturate the entire palate on the very long finish, which features utterly silky tannins and outstanding mineral persistence. I find this riper and sweeter than the Clos Vougeot.