The 2009 Vosne-Romanée Aux Reignots is silky, elegant and impeccable from start to finish. This is a more weightless, sensual wine than some of the preceding selections, but it shows notable depth in its intensely fragrant, perfumed fruit. Sweet tannins frame the refined finish. Here the higher percentage of new oak (67%) is felt in the wine's inner sweetness and texture, but not flavors. This is another jewel from Grivot.

(just 1-1/2 barrels made) Good deep red. Aromas of cherry, raspberry, flowers and smoky oak; not quite as precise as the Beaux Monts. Sweet and fleshy on entry, then firmly minerally in the middle, with a suggestion of pepper that suggests vinification with some stems (actually not the case, as Grivot destemmed all his fruit in 2009). Finishes chewy and solid, with a restrained sweetness and a suggestion of acidity-less harmonious today than the Beaux Monts. Grivot relied on pigeage here, as the small size of the cuvee did not allow for remontage