{"product_id":"maison-roche-de-bellene-romanee-saint-vivant-grand-cru-2012","title":"Maison Roche de Bellene Romanée-Saint-Vivant Grand Cru 2012","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis near-impossible-to-find 2012 Romanée-Saint-Vivant Grand Cru from the legendary Nicolas Potel is available here at $699 – the lowest price in the country, and almost certainly your last chance to own it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe late Nicolas Potel was founder of Maison Roche de Bellene and stood as one of Burgundy's most dynamic and forward-thinking winemakers. He was known for championing sustainable practices, minimal intervention winemaking, and an unshakable commitment to quality. The son of legendary Domaine de la Pousse d'Or manager Gérard Potel, Nicolas grew up riding the length of the Côte d'Or on his bicycle, tasting old vintages, and trading wines with the region's most revered producers – relationships that ultimately granted him access to barrels that almost no one else could touch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the cellar, Potel fermented with indigenous yeasts and tailored the élevage to the typicity of each wine, using French oak with a judicious proportion of new wood, an approach designed to preserve fruit integrity while building genuine complexity and depth. He worked closely with each grower on crop reduction, harvest dates, and fermentation decisions, completing all élevage at the Roche de Bellene facility himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRomanée-Saint-Vivant traces back to a monastery founded around 900 AD and is the largest of Vosne-Romanée's six Grands Crus, its deep clay-and-limestone soils yielding wines that are typically more ethereal and nuanced than its more brooding neighbors. The 2012 vintage leans beautifully into that identity, with a bouquet that has an earthier, more contemplative character than many of its peers. On the palate, the wine is rich, with an almost liqueur-like depth of black fruit, fine oak integration, and remarkable concentration showing notes of crushed violet, dried rose, warm stone, and a long finish. Now beautifully poised at 14 years young, this is a wine of profound elegance and flawless balance. Fewer than a case remains at our price… a fraction of the usual $1,489 retail, making this one of the most compelling Grand Cru opportunities we've seen in years! \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"First Bottle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53272130027817,"sku":"1015287","price":699.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/2706\/8457\/files\/MaisonRochedeBellene_1015287_FB_Rack.jpg?v=1782854552","url":"https:\/\/firstbottlewines.com\/products\/maison-roche-de-bellene-romanee-saint-vivant-grand-cru-2012","provider":"First Bottle Wines","version":"1.0","type":"link"}