Domaine Jean Grivot’s 2023 Richebourg Grand Cru is a Pinot Noir from the famed Richebourg climat in Vosne-Romanée, one of Burgundy’s smallest and most coveted grand cru vineyards at roughly 8 hectares. In keeping with the site’s reputation, this is a wine built on concentration, mineral detail, and a structure that points squarely to long aging.

The early professional reception is excellent across the board. Vinous calls it “very poised with an extremely long aftertaste,” with Neal Martin noting that it can seem “backward and a little stern at first,” before its “tightly wound redcurrant, cranberry and black plum” begins to unfold. His conclusion is emphatic: “This will require serious cellaring,” and his 98-point assessment stands as one of the wine’s top endorsements.

Decanter’s 97-point review underscores the wine’s balance and tactile polish, describing “lovely supple sweet mulberry and pomegranate fruit” alongside “a hint of flinty minerals, leather, and spice.” The magazine emphasizes its dual personality: “fine and elegant” yet “dense and compact,” finishing with “freshness and… firm tannic grip” that drives “an impressively long finish.” Decanter also highlights the French idea of “sucrosité”—the impression of sweet fruit richness “without sugar,” a useful cue to the wine’s ripe, attractive fruit character even at this young stage.

Jasper Morris (Inside Burgundy) is similarly enthusiastic at 98 points, finding “energy” and control rather than overt showiness: “Not explosive but fully in control of itself,” building to “majesty” with “a marvellous volume of deep red fruit.”

Burghound (96 points) leans into the wine’s seriousness, citing a “brooding and highly restrained nose” and “broad-shouldered, muscular and stony flavors,” calling it “outstanding” and “potentially one of the best wines of the 2023 vintage”—with the practical advice that it’s a “buy and forget you own it” bottle.