2015 René Bouvier Vosne-Romanée Pinot Noir

$198

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SKU 009311 Categories , Variety Vintage Country Region Producer Features Format750ml Bottle

ABV13%

Bernard Bouvier took over his father’s 10 ha domaine in 1992 and it has now been expanded to 17 ha covering 20 some different appellations. Bouvier is also the current president of the Marsannay grower syndicate and thus he has been instrumental in the commune’s movement to have premiers crus anointed at some point in the future if INAO is ultimately in accordance with their upgrade petition. As to the 2015 vintage, Bouvier was openly enthusiastic, noting that “we obtained basically perfect maturities and I have never seen cleaner fruit which helped with rapidly bringing in the fruit. I began the harvest on the 7th of September under essentially perfect conditions. Yields were disparate with some as low as 20 hl/ha whereas others were relatively generous at around 35 hl/ha. Potential alcohols were in the 12.5 to 12.8% range with low-ish acidities yet because so much of it was tartaric, the pHs are actually pretty good. Partially because of how ripe they were and partially because of how clean they were, I used up to 50% whole clusters. Moreover the skins were quite thick and there was a high incidence of shot berries so it was no surprise how dense and tannic the reds are. I really like the reds because they have enough baby fat to make them enjoyable young but they also have the concentration and structure to allow them to age gracefully for years.” – Suppliers notes