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Domaine Romanee Conti
Bordeaux
Burgundy
Burgundy’s (and possibly the world’s) most famous estate, DRC produces Pinot Noir which is unrivalled and in great vintages stand alone with remarkable quality. The biodynamic vineyards have an average vine age of 45 years and yield 25-30 hectolitres per hectare. There is no de-stemming and a cold pre-maceration of 5-6 days is applied before fermentation. Wines are always aged for at least 18 months in new oak and bottled without filtration. DRC has two monopoles (Romanee Conti and La Tache), plus a Richebourg, Echezeaux and Grands Echezeaux. A white wine from Le Montrachet is also produced (approx 3,000 bottles a year), which can be a ripe, honeyed, dry white wine of extraordinary concentration.
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Tasting Notes: Plums, blackberries, dark cherries, spices, and chocolate emerge from the rich aromas of the 2003 Romanee-Conti. A penetrating, medium to full-bodied, fleshy wine, it possesses, according to Aubert de Villaine, the estateÕs co-director, the highest level of natural acidity (closely followed by the Richebourg) of the domaineÕs 2003s. An enormously structured (verging on firm) effort, it offers cassis liqueur, spice, black cherry, and plum flavors. Its finish, marked by solid tannin, is impressively persistent.Wine Advocate # 160 Aug 2005 Parker Points: 95 Drinking Period: 2014-2030 |
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Tasting Notes: Mocha, toasted oak, and roasting spices are discerned in the nose of the light to medium-bodied 2002 Romanee-St.-Vivant. Its suave, silky-textured attack reveals impressive black cherry and blackberry flavors intermingled with cafe au lait as well as violets. This light to medium-bodied wineÕs mid-palate has terrific mouth-feel yet its lengthy finish displays some firm tannin that will require patience. Wine Advocate # 153 Jun 2004 Parker Points: 90 Drinking Period: 2009-2016 |
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Tasting Notes: The medium to dark ruby-colored 1999 La Tache has sweet, tangy raspberry, black currant, candied cherry, leather, and spice aromas. This medium to full-bodied wine is harmonious, refined, and powerful. It is expansive, magnificently delineated, and feminine, particularly for La Tache. Its flavor profile is crammed with an assortment of super-ripe red and black fruit laced with vanilla beans. It has loads of sweet tannin that can be detected in its admirable finish. Wine Advocate # 136 Aug 2001 Parker Points: 93-96 Drinking Period: - |
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Tasting Notes: The medium to dark ruby-colored 1999 La Tache has sweet, tangy raspberry, black currant, candied cherry, leather, and spice aromas. This medium to full-bodied wine is harmonious, refined, and powerful. It is expansive, magnificently delineated, and feminine, particularly for La Tache. Its flavor profile is crammed with an assortment of super-ripe red and black fruit laced with vanilla beans. It has loads of sweet tannin that can be detected in its admirable finish. Wine Advocate # 136 Aug 2001 Parker Points: 93-96 Drinking Period: - |
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Tasting Notes: The medium to dark ruby-colored 1999 La Tache has sweet, tangy raspberry, black currant, candied cherry, leather, and spice aromas. This medium to full-bodied wine is harmonious, refined, and powerful. It is expansive, magnificently delineated, and feminine, particularly for La Tache. Its flavor profile is crammed with an assortment of super-ripe red and black fruit laced with vanilla beans. It has loads of sweet tannin that can be detected in its admirable finish. Wine Advocate # 136 Aug 2001 Parker Points: 93-96 Drinking Period: - |
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Tasting Notes: The medium ruby-colored 1999 Echezeaux has a demure, dark fruit-scented nose. It bursts on the palate with lush layers of intensely sweet cherries, candied black raspberries, and spices. This lovely wine is forward, feminine, and satin-textured. It is medium to full-bodied, highly expressive, and possesses prodigiously ripened tannin. Drink it over the next 10-12 years. Wine Advocate # 136 Aug 2001 Parker Points: 91-93 Drinking Period: 2001-2013 |
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Tasting Notes: This blockbuster wine possesses a profound nose. It exhibits awesomely ripe red and black fruits, raw meat, and Asian spices, all of which are encased in sweet toasty oak. This full-bodied, wide, thick, focused, harmonious, and intense wine releases amazingly powerful layers of candied black cherries and blackberries. It is structured, totally precise, pure, and possesses an exceptionally long finish loaded with abundant sweet tannins. It will require patience. Wine Advocate # 118 Aug 1998 Parker Points: 94-97 Drinking Period: 2005-2020 |
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Tasting Notes: As usual, La Tache reveals the most saturated deep ruby color of the DRC's, a tight but promising nose of smoky, game-like aromas intertwined with red and black fruits, minerals, and vanillin from new oak. Medium to full-bodied, with sweet, concentrated, berry fruit, this tannic, spicy, backward wine appears to possess the requisite extraction to ensure a long, positive evolution. Give it 7-10 years of cellaring and drink it over the following 12-15 years. The DRC's 1993s possess the vintage's toughness, tannic structure, austerity, and aging potential. They will not be flattering to drink in their youth, and most will require 6-10 years of cellaring. Typical of the vintage, they appear to be the most tannic and structured wines made at this domaine since 1983. PRODUCTION: 1,498 cases. Wine Advocate # 100 Aug 1995 Parker Points: 90 Drinking Period: 2002-2020 |
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