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Etienne Grivot is a thinker, a man unafraid of risk. He unites an artistic sensibility with rigorous scientific method and can back up his instinctive decisions with a precise scientific explanation. He is a poet in a lab coat, constantly searching for ways to make the best wine he can. ‘You cannot become good at anything without making mistakes,’ he says, and he must havemade plenty because he is now one of the most brilliant winemakers in Burgundy. From his prime 15.5-hectare holdings, focussed mainly in Nuits and Vosne, he turns out some of the finest and longest-lived wines of the region. In recent years he has been joined by his children Mathilde and Hubert.
When deciding the harvest date in 2020, the Grivots focussed particularly on phenolic ripeness, beginning their picking later than most, on 3rd September. As a result, they had very little juice in their grapes, and yields are down by over 40%. But the quality is outstanding. ‘I have never seen such balance,’ said Mathilde. ‘The 2019s were more charming and rounded, but the 2020s are mineral and fresh, with more terroir precision.’ Considering the harvest date, alcohol levels are surprisingly moderate, never exceeding 13.8%.
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