GRANDS ECHEZEAUX, DRC 1966: Nose deep, fruity with a very obvious overtone. I thought CHAMBERTIN immediately. The terroir was even more obvious in the taste. The fruit was deep and concentrated. The wine was at its peak, showing perhaps a few more grey hairs than it should. The finish was very long, almost perfect. Overall, the best wine of the evening, for this very evening's consumption. I didn't detect the DRC spice. It is quite possible that my tastebuds were blunted by dregs of a rather severe bout with the flu. I scored the wine 20++ in a fit of generosity, because I couldn't score less than 20 points for the other two.
Lee Kramer, March 31, 1987
Grands-Echézeaux--Vintage 1966
1 dozen bottles per lot
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Grands-Echézeaux--Vintage 1966
Côte de Nuits, Domaine de la Romanée-Conti
Lot 275 levels: one 3cm, one 4cm, one 4.5cm, four 5cm and five 5.5cm; one loose label. Lot 276 levels; two 4cm, seven 4.5cm, two 5.5cm and one 6.5cm. Both lots in original wooden cases, tissue removed prior to inspection, excellent color and appearance
"By 1972, at Lebègue/Christie's tasting, I preferred it to the '62 and also to the '66 La Tâche -- which was high praise indeed. By 1977, it has lost quite a bit of colour but was very rich, displaying the inimitable DRC 'peacock's tail'. More recently, a recorked bottle: ruddy, tawny, mature; an extradordinary 'fish skin' Pinot nose that opened up fragrantly; full-bodied, very sweet, excellent length, tannic. Last noted at Prince Rupert Löwenstein's, July 1996 ****(*) Will continue to evolve." MB, Vintage Wine
1 dozen bottles per lot
Côte de Nuits, Domaine de la Romanée-Conti
Lot 275 levels: one 3cm, one 4cm, one 4.5cm, four 5cm and five 5.5cm; one loose label. Lot 276 levels; two 4cm, seven 4.5cm, two 5.5cm and one 6.5cm. Both lots in original wooden cases, tissue removed prior to inspection, excellent color and appearance
"By 1972, at Lebègue/Christie's tasting, I preferred it to the '62 and also to the '66 La Tâche -- which was high praise indeed. By 1977, it has lost quite a bit of colour but was very rich, displaying the inimitable DRC 'peacock's tail'. More recently, a recorked bottle: ruddy, tawny, mature; an extradordinary 'fish skin' Pinot nose that opened up fragrantly; full-bodied, very sweet, excellent length, tannic. Last noted at Prince Rupert Löwenstein's, July 1996 ****(*) Will continue to evolve." MB, Vintage Wine
1 dozen bottles per lot