12 bottles per lot
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EXCEPTIONAL AND MATURE WINES FROM THE DOMAINE DE LA ROMANEE-CONTI FROM THREE CONSECUTIVE VINTAGES
Lots 133 to 139 have enjoyed long-term storage in the naturally cool and slightly damp cellar of a country house in the U.K. Recently removed for this sale, their provenance and quality are further enforced by the original banded unopened wooden cases (opened by Christie's for inspection) and consecutive bottle numbers.
Richebourg--Vintage 1969
Domaine de la Romanée-Conti
All bottles of excellent appearance. Levels ten 3cms or better and two 4.5cms below base of corks. Consecutive bottle numbers 10577 to 10588. In original wooden case
Tasting Note: This bottling, from an outstanding red burgundy vintage, offers a barnyard, cow manure-sort of aroma intermingled with sweet fruit in the background. In the mouth, the wine exhibits full body and significant tannin, as well as extremely high acidity. The result is a wine with plenty of depth, but the high acidity and hard tannins give it a lean, austere impression that is atypical for a DRC wine. Robert Parker, Wine Advocate 84, December 1992
12 bottles per lot
Lots 133 to 139 have enjoyed long-term storage in the naturally cool and slightly damp cellar of a country house in the U.K. Recently removed for this sale, their provenance and quality are further enforced by the original banded unopened wooden cases (opened by Christie's for inspection) and consecutive bottle numbers.
Richebourg--Vintage 1969
Domaine de la Romanée-Conti
All bottles of excellent appearance. Levels ten 3cms or better and two 4.5cms below base of corks. Consecutive bottle numbers 10577 to 10588. In original wooden case
Tasting Note: This bottling, from an outstanding red burgundy vintage, offers a barnyard, cow manure-sort of aroma intermingled with sweet fruit in the background. In the mouth, the wine exhibits full body and significant tannin, as well as extremely high acidity. The result is a wine with plenty of depth, but the high acidity and hard tannins give it a lean, austere impression that is atypical for a DRC wine. Robert Parker, Wine Advocate 84, December 1992
12 bottles per lot