Lucien Le Moine, Romanee Saint Vivant other_regions the wine is polished

the wine is polished

the fruit slightly darker than its peers

This bottle was refilled once by Franco in either 2000 or 2001

The palate is full-bodied with a burly

A good flag-bearer

Lucien Le Moine, Romanee Saint Vivant other_regions the wine is polishedFairly strong reduction blocks the nose though glimpses of ripe black fruit and the natural spice of a classic RSV peek through and continue onto the rich, full and intense flavors that culminate in a dusty, focused and linear finish that ends a bit abruptly. This would appear to have outstanding underlying material but it was quite awkward and frankly difficult to judge and my score mixes a bit of reservation with the benefit of the doubt, given how