Romanée-Saint-Vivant

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Accessory grape varieties

Terroir

• The vineyard lies within the 'Côte de Nuits', a rectilinear ridge of tectonic origin stretching approximately 25 kilometres in a general north–south direction.
• The delimited plots are located at the foot of the ridge, between 247 and 260 metres in altitude, on a gentle terrace above the village.
• The substratum consists mainly of Bajocian crinoidal limestone ('calcaires à entroques'), with, to the east, a conglomeratic formation of limestone blocks embedded in a salmon-pink marl matrix.
• The soils are shallow (a few decimetres to 1 metre), calcareous, strongly clayey and well-draining, with a characteristic red colour resulting from a high concentration of iron oxides.
• The climate is temperate oceanic with continental or southern influences, receiving approximately 750 mm of rainfall per year and a mean annual temperature of 10.5 °C.

• The Cluniac monastery of Saint-Vivant, founded around 900 AD, held an estate at Vosne comprising four distinct enclosed vineyards (clos), retained until the Revolution of 1789.
• The appellation, recognised in 1936, is reserved for red wines based on Pinot noir, planted at a density exceeding 9,000 vines per hectare and subject to extended ageing.

• The aromas evoke red and black fruits, ripe or candied, along with musk, leather and humus, with a very great aromatic persistence.
• The ageing potential extends to several decades, which is often beneficial to their full development. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)

Facts drawn from the cahier's terroir-link section (Lien au terroir) by automatic interpretation — see the source.

Sources

• Product specification (BO Agri, PDF)
• Official INAO text (show_texte)
• INAO product entry
• Official trade body site — BIVB