Domaine Hudelot-Noëllat – Romanée-Saint-Vivant Grand Cru 2014 – Burgundy France

The domaine's flagship, and one of the reasons it is spoken of in the same breath as DRC and Leroy — those three are the only producers who own both Romanée-Saint-Vivant and Richebourg. Half a hectare of grand cru, and two bottles of the 2014.

🍷 At a Glance

• Grape: 100% Pinot Noir
• Appellation: Romanée-Saint-Vivant Grand Cru
• Region: Côte de Nuits, Burgundy
• Vintage: 2014
• Producer: Domaine Hudelot-Noëllat
• Winemaker: Charles van Canneyt
• Holding: Around 0.5 hectares
• Estate: Around 10 hectares across four villages; one of only three domaines with both Romanée-Saint-Vivant and Richebourg, alongside Domaine de la Romanée-Conti and Domaine Leroy
• Vinification: Ploughed soils and low yields, indigenous yeasts, a small proportion of whole bunch, two to three weeks of maceration, must fermented in concrete
• Ageing: Around 18 months in barrel, with the highest proportion of new oak in the range
• Serving temperature: 15–17°C
• Style: Dry red wine

👃 Tasting Notes & Experience

• Color: Bright, medium-deep ruby
• Nose: Rose, red berries and spice, with the perfume Romanée-Saint-Vivant is known for
• Palate: Finesse over force — restrained strength rather than obvious power
• Structure: Silken tannins carried by the bright acidity of the vintage
• Finish: Very long and perfumed

Romanée-Saint-Vivant is the most delicate and aromatic of the Vosne grands crus, and the wine Charles van Canneyt is judged on. The domaine came together in 1962 with the marriage of Alain Hudelot and Odile Noëllat, and the great Vosne parcels arrived by inheritance from her grandfather Charles Noëllat in 1978. Charles van Canneyt took over from the 2008 vintage and has held the winemaking deliberately classical — ploughing, low yields, wild yeasts, concrete fermentation of the must, and around eighteen months in barrel. 2014 gave the Côte de Nuits a cool, precise year, which suits a vineyard that lives on perfume rather than weight.

❤️ Why We Love It

• One of only three domaines to own both Romanée-Saint-Vivant and Richebourg
• Around half a hectare of grand cru, from a ten-hectare estate
• A precise vintage on the most perfumed of the Vosne grands crus

🍽️ Food Pairing Ideas

• Roast Bresse chicken and game birds
• Truffle, morels and wild mushrooms
• Aged Comté and Époisses

👤 Who This Wine Is For

✓ Collectors who want grand cru Vosne from a domaine of the first rank
✓ Drinkers who prize perfume and silk over power
✕ Not a bottle to open young or without decanting