“Romanée-St-Vivant is flirtatious in 2018; one cannot help loving it. Behind this grace resides a strength in such perfect balance that, at first, it is imperceptible. No need to be a great expert to be aware today that the vintage is exceptional. It is too early to express a definite opinion about what will be the final characteristics of the wines, but we cannot help finding in them the fruit of 2015 and the extreme ripeness of 2003. This might offer us a new 1947, a legendary vintage, if any… but let’s remain cautious and content ourselves with the joy of this harvest that nothing in the spring indicated as finally being so luminous and promising!” — Aubert de Villaine, Co-Director, October 15, 2018