6 bottles per lot
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Romanée-Conti Grand Cru--Vintage 1990
Domaine de la Romanée-Conti
Consecutive bottle numbers, 05605 to 05610. One vintage neck label missing. All of excellent appearance
In original wooden case
Tasting note: The 1990 Romanée-Conti should ultimately be the most compelling and complex of the DRC wines. Normally it possesses a lighter colour than either La Tâche or Richebourg, but in 1990 it boasts a surprisingly saturated colour that is the equal of La Tâche and Richebourg. The nose offers up sweet, clove, cinnamon, and blackberry aromas intermingled with toasty, smoky new oak. Lavishly rich and full-bodied, with abundant tannins, this profound, surprisingly large-scaled, tannic wine boasts more muscle than usual. Let's hope that the billionaires that buy it have as much taste as money. Anticipated maturity: 2000-2025 . The DRC 1990s, all of which were bottled in April/May, are among the deepest colored wines from this domaine that I have tasted in the last decade. Moreover, they are firmly structured, with significant tannins from both the vintage and from the aging in 100 new oak barrels. For the fortunate few who have had the discretionary income to afford the other great vintages of the DRC from the eighties, 1980, 1983, 1985, 1988, and 1989, the question is - are the 1990s superior? I am not sure they are any better than the 1980s, 1985, and 1988s, but they undoubtedly represent a classic, concentrated, long-lived style of wine. Moreover, all of these wines should have a more graceful evolution and broader window of drinkability than the tannic 1988s, as well as potentially greater longevity than the succulent and opulent 1985s. All of these offerings are outstanding, with that tell-tale complex, exotic fragrance that the DRC routinely achieves.
Robert Parker. Wine Advocate 83, October 1992.
6 bottles per lot
Domaine de la Romanée-Conti
Consecutive bottle numbers, 05605 to 05610. One vintage neck label missing. All of excellent appearance
In original wooden case
Tasting note: The 1990 Romanée-Conti should ultimately be the most compelling and complex of the DRC wines. Normally it possesses a lighter colour than either La Tâche or Richebourg, but in 1990 it boasts a surprisingly saturated colour that is the equal of La Tâche and Richebourg. The nose offers up sweet, clove, cinnamon, and blackberry aromas intermingled with toasty, smoky new oak. Lavishly rich and full-bodied, with abundant tannins, this profound, surprisingly large-scaled, tannic wine boasts more muscle than usual. Let's hope that the billionaires that buy it have as much taste as money. Anticipated maturity: 2000-2025 . The DRC 1990s, all of which were bottled in April/May, are among the deepest colored wines from this domaine that I have tasted in the last decade. Moreover, they are firmly structured, with significant tannins from both the vintage and from the aging in 100 new oak barrels. For the fortunate few who have had the discretionary income to afford the other great vintages of the DRC from the eighties, 1980, 1983, 1985, 1988, and 1989, the question is - are the 1990s superior? I am not sure they are any better than the 1980s, 1985, and 1988s, but they undoubtedly represent a classic, concentrated, long-lived style of wine. Moreover, all of these wines should have a more graceful evolution and broader window of drinkability than the tannic 1988s, as well as potentially greater longevity than the succulent and opulent 1985s. All of these offerings are outstanding, with that tell-tale complex, exotic fragrance that the DRC routinely achieves.
Robert Parker. Wine Advocate 83, October 1992.
6 bottles per lot
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