Domaine de l'Arlot Grand Cru Romanée-St-Vivant Museum Release 2010

This is a museum release of Domaine de l'Arlot's Romanée-Saint-Vivant, from a quarter-hectare of vines in the Quatre Journaux section of the Grand Cru.

Romanée-Saint-Vivant is the largest of the Grands Crus of Vosne-Romanée, lying on the lower slope below La Romanée-Conti, where deeper clay soils give a wine of perfume and silk rather than sheer power. Domaine de l'Arlot, based at Premeaux-Prissey in Nuits-Saint-Georges, bought a few rows here in 1991, in the part of the vineyard where Arnoux-Lachaux also holds vines. The parcel is 24 rows planted in 1973 and produces on average only three barrels, so allocations to any one market are counted in bottles rather than cases. The wine is raised mostly in one-, two- and three-year-old barrels with around 40% new oak. Bottles released from the domaine's own cellar have been stored undisturbed since bottling.

Fully mature and ready to drink, though it will hold. Decant and serve at 16 to 18°C with roast game birds, truffled dishes or aged cheese.

*Every effort is made to ensure the current vintage is accurate; however, variations can occur. If you are after a specific vintage, please contact us prior to ordering.