2008 Richebourg Grand Cru

x000D In spite of the early sex appeal provided by the barrels Mounir Saouma uses, crafted by cooper Stephane Chassin from Jupille oak, I found less easy sweetness in a number of the Lucien Le Moine 2007s, not to mention the 2008s. Saouma believes that this is largely because both of these vintages have very healthy acidity levels, and that these are the two most "classic" sets of red wines he has made to date. So old-school Burgundy drinkers who fear that these wines are too voluptuous and alluring in their youth to last in bottle (usually without having had any direct experience of them) should reconsider these wines. For the first time, Saouma didn't use any SO2 between the time he brought the barrels to his cellar and the end of the malos, some of which lingered into September. The top 2008s here offer great potential and should be long-lived.