6 magnums per lot
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A RARE CASE OF MAGNUMS OF ROMANEE-CONTI OF THE WONDERFUL 1969 VINTAGE
Lying at Christie's South Kensington
Romanée-Conti Grand Cru--Vintage 1969
Domaine de la Romanée-Conti
Straw wrappers. Bottle numbers: 00043, 00045, 00046, 00047, 00050, 00054. Good capsules. Good labels. U.S. slip labels. Levels: one 2, four 2.5 and one 4.5 cms below base of corks
In original wooden case
Vintage Report: I think it took a little time to realise that this was by far the finest of the unusually good trio: '69, '70 and '71, and I suspect that claret lovers, only too aware of the scraggy and tart red Bordeaux, half-dismissed the '69 burgundies, though it happens to be the excellent acidity which made, and has sustained these wines. The growing season opened with a cold, rainy spring, followed by late flowering which was happily countered by very fine ripening weather in July and August. This enabled well-developed grapes to survive a cold, wet September and, in exceptionally good weather, produce from 5 October a small sound, ripe crop. M.B.
6 magnums per lot
Lying at Christie's South Kensington
Romanée-Conti Grand Cru--Vintage 1969
Domaine de la Romanée-Conti
Straw wrappers. Bottle numbers: 00043, 00045, 00046, 00047, 00050, 00054. Good capsules. Good labels. U.S. slip labels. Levels: one 2, four 2.5 and one 4.5 cms below base of corks
In original wooden case
Vintage Report: I think it took a little time to realise that this was by far the finest of the unusually good trio: '69, '70 and '71, and I suspect that claret lovers, only too aware of the scraggy and tart red Bordeaux, half-dismissed the '69 burgundies, though it happens to be the excellent acidity which made, and has sustained these wines. The growing season opened with a cold, rainy spring, followed by late flowering which was happily countered by very fine ripening weather in July and August. This enabled well-developed grapes to survive a cold, wet September and, in exceptionally good weather, produce from 5 October a small sound, ripe crop. M.B.
6 magnums per lot
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