Henri jayer and his apprentices the late legendary winemaker, henri jayer, produced the absolutely most sought after and expensive wine in the world. Henri le riches original etching and drypoint, portrait of an old woman is a fine example of the portrait art created by this french artist around 1910. Discover leroy, a winery in bourgogne, france and explore their most popular wines. It is perhaps the contrast between the two which has caused me to back pedal a touch on the richebourg. The henri jayer insight cros parantoux the area and production the legendary 1er cru vosneromanee cros parantoux was introduced by henri jayer in 1978 before this the wine from this now famous vineyard was included in the vosneromanee village of domaine henri jayer. The best vintages for richebourg grand cru henri jayer.
A daily postcard with a few simple words of wine wisdom. It is a generous, sumptuous wine bursting with flavor and character. Vaast to the relief of the 2nd brigade, 1st division. His etched art is notable for its attention to form and detail and for its fine use of light and space.
Sophisticated, aromatic and endowed with incredible richness, this ultrarare cru is one of the greatest wines in the world. He is noted for his wines from the premier cru crosparantoux a very small vineyard only 1. The most expensive wines in the world a luxury travel blog. Immediately the nose jumped out displaying deep and complex aromas of earth, wet leather, sous bois and spices. Henri jayer tops drc as worlds most expensive wine decanter.
He attended the university of dijon in the 1940s and earned a degree in oenology. Henri jayer has been heralded as the worlds most expensive wine, ahead. Henri jayer richebourg by steen ohman february 8, 2015 one of the most legendary wines in the world is the mighty richebourg from henri jayer extremely rare and very expensive and sadly with a lot of fake bottles dominating the market these days. During the afternoon i, with the company commanders, had reconnoitred the line which we were to occupy, but it was not until 1 a. Henri jayer 1922 september 20, 2006 was a french vintner who is credited with introducing. Discussion in uk wine forum started by david riach, apr 29, 2016. We aim to make each wine an accurate and focused expression of its. Our commitment is to produce wines of exceptional purity. Richebourg wines are in fact some of the most opulent from vosneromanee, exhibiting earthy characters along with dense fruit, and they are capable of being cellared. He is helped in these tasks by henri jayer who advises him on winemaking and by christian faurois, vineyard manager. Get snooth s free wine newsletter for a daily dose of what to drink right now, pairing ideas, wine country travel tips, and more. This winelevel score is the average of all the vintages in our database, with a higher weighting for the most recent vintage, and. Producer anne gros vintage 2006 type still colour red country france region burgundy appellation richebourg grand cru sweetness dry closure cork alcohol. Domaine bruno desaunaybissey vosneromanee 1er cru les beaux monts 2016 5622.
Annefrancoise gros richebourg grand cru 2012 6x75cl. A single bottle of 1976 henri jayer richebourg grand cru is expected to reach. By john kapon a legendary afternoon of henri jayers richebourg, 7152005. I am trying, as time permits, to aggregate much of the. Recently we did just that by finding some of the rarest most sought after wines of the planet. We take the scores from frances leading wine critic duo, map them into a single space to adjust for differences between our other partner critics rating tendencies, and rebase them to use the full wine lister point scale. This is the second highestpriced wine produced from pinot noir in bur.
Every once and a while we get lucky enough to stumble upon legendary wines. Practically all the vineyards in the henri cruchon estate, created in 1976, are cultivated biodynamically, while the remaining land is cultivated by integrated production methods. Anne gros, richebourg grand cru, burgundy, france, 2006. Richebourg achat vin bourgogne grand cru au meilleur. It is one of the larger sites in the village, and is famous for its fullbodied, muscular style of pinot noir. Vintage wine love feeling classy with a nice vintage and an old book. Every time i taste it i somehow feel i should bow my head. The richebourg 75 cases produced for the entire world is the richest and deepest of jayers 1986 red burgundies. Having been ranked as wine searchers most expensive wine in the world in 2012, henri jayers richebourg is now so rare, that they are unable to draw enough data from trades to include it in this list. A heady and wonderfully perfumed nose of still largely primary fruit notes leads to quite dense and still completely fresh flavors of simply unbelievable depth and length. And drier tannins, altogether more robust, huge black fruit behind, altogether a different style.
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