Unfurling in the glass with scents of rose petals, black tea, wild berries, exotic spices, violets, bergamot, and liquorice, it's full-bodied, sensual, and enveloping, with a broad attack that segues into a weightless but pungently intense mid-palate defined by striking energy and precision. Seamless and elegant, with melting tannins and mouth-watering acids, it concludes with an expansive, intensely floral finish. It's a monument in the making.
The Romanée-Conti Grand Cru is a wine of real grace and purity. Unfurling in the glass with aromas of raspberries and blackberries mingled with sweet spices, violets, peonies, and a subtle hint of wintergreen, it's full-bodied, ample and satiny, with terrific concentration and a suave, seamless, layered profile, gliding over the palate. It's as intensely flavourful as the more muscular, broader-shouldered La Tâche, but it's more elegant and sensual. It's also the wine in the cellar that's the least marked by the style of the vintage.
Experience the luxurious taste and rich history of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Romanée-Conti Grand Cru, a highly sought-after wine with a legendary reputation. This wine is considered one of the most exclusive and rarest in the world, produced in limited quantities from a single vineyard in the Côte de Nuits region of Burgundy, France.
The taste profile of this Grand Cru is unique, with aromas of ripe red fruit, earthy notes, and subtle spices. On the palate, it is full-bodied and complex, with a silky texture and a long, lingering finish. It is a wine that demands attention, and is perfect for pairing with rich, flavourful dishes such as roasted meats, game, and strong cheeses.
Domaine de la Romanée-Conti is a renowned producer with a rich history dating back to the 13th century. The estate has been owned by the same family for centuries, and is known for its meticulous attention to detail and commitment to producing only the highest quality wines. The Romanée-Conti vineyard itself is the jewel in the crown of the estate, producing wines that are highly sought after by wine collectors and connoisseurs around the world.
If you're looking for a wine that exudes luxury and exclusivity, Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Romanée-Conti Grand Cru is the perfect choice. Enjoy it on special occasions or share it with friends who appreciate the finer things in life. Order now and experience the taste of history and luxury.
The 2016 Romanée-St-Vivant Grand Cru is super, bursting from the glass with a kaleidoscopic bouquet of potpourri, red berries, cassis, peony and rose petal. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, ample and fine-boned, with tangy acids, superb concentration and an ample chassis of powdery structuring tannins, concluding with a long, fragrant finish. This is a Romanée-St-Vivant that exemplifies the intensity without the weight that distinguishes the Domaine's best wines, and it equals the fabulous 2015 rendition.
The 2015 Romanée-Conti Grand Cru is one of the pinnacles of this great red Burgundy vintage, opening in the glass to reveal a bouquet of kaleidoscopic complexity, notes of raspberry and red plum mingling with rose petal, peony, blood orange and spice. On the palate, the wine is silky, medium to full-bodied and stunningly complete, its supremely elegant tannins entirely cloaked in pristinely delicate red fruit. Despite its incredible concentration and persistence, this Romanée-Conti is utterly weightless, and its effortless harmony and unremitting finish preclude any argument about its benchmark quality. Cropped at 22 hectoliters per hectare and harvested September 10.
Now this has a distinctly earthy bouquet, one that leads you into the dark woods. Yes, there is plenty of vivacious red berry fruit, here augmented with something autumnal, brown leaves on an October morning, moss and tree bark. Then with continued aeration, these shift away and are replaced by pure floral aromas. The palate is very precise on the entry with a touch of orange rind and mandarin complementing the crushed strawberry and raspberry fruit; there is a touch of spiciness towards the finish that exerts a gentle, yet insistent grip à la Richebourg. The persistence here is very impressive and it just seems to blossom in the glass until you have utterly succumbed to its charms.
Experience the luxurious taste and rich history of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Romanée-Conti Grand Cru, a highly sought-after wine with a legendary reputation. This wine is considered one of the most exclusive and rarest in the world, produced in limited quantities from a single vineyard in the Côte de Nuits region of Burgundy, France.
The taste profile of this Grand Cru is unique, with aromas of ripe red fruit, earthy notes, and subtle spices. On the palate, it is full-bodied and complex, with a silky texture and a long, lingering finish. It is a wine that demands attention, and is perfect for pairing with rich, flavourful dishes such as roasted meats, game, and strong cheeses.
Domaine de la Romanée-Conti is a renowned producer with a rich history dating back to the 13th century. The estate has been owned by the same family for centuries, and is known for its meticulous attention to detail and commitment to producing only the highest quality wines. The Romanée-Conti vineyard itself is the jewel in the crown of the estate, producing wines that are highly sought after by wine collectors and connoisseurs around the world.
If you're looking for a wine that exudes luxury and exclusivity, Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Romanée-Conti Grand Cru is the perfect choice. Enjoy it on special occasions or share it with friends who appreciate the finer things in life. Order now and experience the taste of history and luxury.
The bouquet is quite astonishing with brilliant delineation and focus, an almost disorientating sense of minerality that soars from the glass and leaves you speechless. The palate is perfectly proportioned with a sensational line of acidity, brimming over with energy and frisson. This flirts with perfection and you know, one day it might actually achieve it.
Now this has a very interesting bouquet, quite distinct from the Richebourg and the Grands Echezeaux. It is much more exuberant and lifted, very perfumed with fresh strawberry, red cherries, dried rose petals and a touch of quince. This is so lively and vivacious, as if it borrowed some of the succulence from the 2009 vintage. The palate is quite precocious on the entry, the mouth instantaneously tingling with glee. There is a beautiful crescendo before fanning out towards its silky caressing finish. There is something playful and joyous about this Romanee-Saint-Vivant, carefree and alluring, a wine to be enjoyed as much as respected.
Now this has a very interesting bouquet, quite distinct from the Richebourg and the Grands Echezeaux. It is much more exuberant and lifted, very perfumed with fresh strawberry, red cherries, dried rose petals and a touch of quince. This is so lively and vivacious, as if it borrowed some of the succulence from the 2009 vintage. The palate is quite precocious on the entry, the mouth instantaneously tingling with glee. There is a beautiful crescendo before fanning out towards its silky caressing finish. There is something playful and joyous about this Romanee-Saint-Vivant, carefree and alluring, a wine to be enjoyed as much as respected.
The 2010 Romanee St. Vivant is dazzling. An exotic mosaic of sweet spices, red berries, dried flowers and mint bursts onto the palate in this viscerally thrilling, captivating Romanee St. Vivant. The 2010 is notable for so many attributes, but one that stands out is the sheer beauty and texture of the breathtaking finish.
The 2009 Romanée-Conti is surprisingly huge and even obvious in this vintage. That isn’t a problem, just an observation. Romanée-Conti can be an elusive, intensely cerebral wine, but not in 2009. Floral notes add lift on the vivid, kaleidoscopic finish. Today the Romanée-Conti is all about breath-taking exuberance and richness. This is a breath-taking bottle.
The 2009 Romanée-Conti is surprisingly huge and even obvious in this vintage. That isn’t a problem, just an observation. Romanée-Conti can be an elusive, intensely cerebral wine, but not in 2009. Floral notes add lift on the vivid, kaleidoscopic finish. Today the Romanée-Conti is all about breath-taking exuberance and richness. This is a breath-taking bottle.
The 2008 Romanee St. Vivant is pure seduction. The aromatics alone are breathtaking, but the RSV is truly firing on all cylinders. Curiously, today the RSV is quite a bit rounder and suppler than the Echezeaux and Grands-Echezeaux. It shows remarkable silkiness, inner perfume and nobility. A seamless finish rounds things out in style.
The Domaine’s 2007 Romanee-St.-Vivant predictably inhabits a different world – not to mention being in a different league of complexity and intrigue – from their Echezeaux, Grands Echezeaux, or Richebourg of that vintage. Peat, leather, humus, forest floor, and decadent floral perfume are joined by an oceanic saline, alkaline, kelp-tinged aspect, and these surf-and-turf aspects follow on a polished palate that – despite only the slightest nod in the direction of overt fruitiness by way of dark berries – nevertheless displays a mouth-watering juiciness to accompany its myriad mineral and organic complexities. A persistently satisfying and thought-provoking finish points to the likelihood of 12-15 years continuance.
The Domaine’s 2007 Romanee-St.-Vivant predictably inhabits a different world – not to mention being in a different league of complexity and intrigue – from their Echezeaux, Grands Echezeaux, or Richebourg of that vintage. Peat, leather, humus, forest floor, and decadent floral perfume are joined by an oceanic saline, alkaline, kelp-tinged aspect, and these surf-and-turf aspects follow on a polished palate that – despite only the slightest nod in the direction of overt fruitiness by way of dark berries – nevertheless displays a mouth-watering juiciness to accompany its myriad mineral and organic complexities. A persistently satisfying and thought-provoking finish points to the likelihood of 12-15 years continuance.
An extraordinary as well as extraordinarily intense aromatic display greets you from the glass of 2006 Romanée-Conti. Rose petals, griotte cherries, almond extract, mint, and cinnamon once again put me in mind of archetypal pinot with a soupcon of Gewurztraminer. The remarkable perfume and spice continue inner mouth, allied to a silken textural refinement (as if the tannins were self-dissolving); to pure, fresh, but not at all superficially sweet cherry and raspberry essence; and to deep, marrow meatiness and hints of truffle and forest floor. The finish here is at once positively ethereal and deeply, darkly mysterious, like lingering harmony at the extremes of audibility.
Just as this year’s Echezeaux challenges the quality of the Grands-Echezeaux, another surprise of the vintage is a spectacular showing for the 2005 Romanee-St.-Vivant. A startlingly dark, mouth-watering amalgam of purple plum paste, blackberry preserves, bitter chocolate, toasted walnut, soy, and raw beef intrigues the nose. On the palate, this cleaves to the dark side, with viscous, mouth-coating concentration of lightly-cooked black fruits, charred meat, mysterious forest floor complexity, and bitter-sweet florality, but simultaneously delivers a vibratory finish like that of the energetic Grands-Echezeaux. With its palpable extract, profound personality, and refined but abundant tannins, this is surely wine to set aside for at least a decade.
There are more startling complexities in the 2005 Romanee-Conti than in any other wine here today, perhaps in the vintage. A stunning, high-toned, and utterly unique perfume of pink grapefruit, blood orange, tangerine rind, vivid rose petal, musk, cinnamon, sage, and cassis seduces the olfactory in kaleidoscopic rotation. On the palate, a pure, clean meatiness emerges, like butchering a meadow-fed lamb, bitter-sweet flowers flying forth in an inner-mouth profusion. Soy and black truffle lend a dark, savoury note to the proceedings, leading the long finishing procession over a path strewn with rose petals.
A mineral-driven nose, a little stony at first with a touch of wild heather, then developing a touch of orange-blossom and forest floor. The palate is mercurial and rather unsettled, trying to find its “groove”. Medium-bodied, again quite sharp acidity with a green, stalky undertow. Well balanced if a little linear in style with a soft but impressively long, earthy finish.
Perhaps the biggest Romanee-St.-Vivant produced at this domaine, the 2003 offers aromatics as well as flavors reminiscent of black fruits drenched in dark chocolate. Full-bodied, velvety-textured, as well as concentrated, it is immensely ripe, crammed with tannin, and vaunts an amazingly long finish.
The 2002 Romanee-Conti sports a nose of orange zests, stones, herbs, and violets. Its delicate, light to medium-bodied character opens to reveal silky layers of black cherries, black currants, fresh herbs, and roses. Firm, unresolved tannin can be detected in its lengthy finish.
The extroverted 2001 Romanee-Conti is medium to dark coloured and displays intensely spicy black cherry aromas. Juicy, supple, as well as packed with spiced, candied black fruits, this medium-bodied wine is concentrated, lush, and velvety-textured. It reveals more tannin than its siblings, yet it is ripe and enveloped in fruit.
Very pure in colour, the nose on the Romanée-Conti has wonderful delineation and sense of minerality. Red cherries, a touch of raspberry coulis and wet limestone, though still quite closed considering its age. The palate is very supple on the entry with silky smooth tannins and superb balanced. Morello, strawberry, a touch of rose petal, very focused on the finish. Lovely.
The 1990 Romanée-Saint-Vivant Grand Cru from Domaine de la Romanée-Conti continues to cruise along, blossoming in the glass with a lavish bouquet of black cherry, blackberry, sous bois, dark spice, and a touch of game. On the palate, the wine is ample and full-bodied, with a chassis of fine, melted tannins—though just a few rough edges poke out on the finish enrobed in juicy, vibrant fruit that lingers through the long and penetrating finish.
There is no doubting its massive constitution, full body, and rich extract, but the tannins seemed extremely hard and tough, and this wine would appear to be at least a decade away from drinkability. Perhaps because one so rarely encounters this old-style, tannic type of burgundy, it is tempting to dismiss it as too hard and tough. Yet this wine might very well have the unheard-of aging potential of 30 or more years.
