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DOMAINE DE LA ROMANÉE-CONTI
'Romanée-Conti,' as the local proverb goes, 'is the central pearl of the Burgundian necklace.' This miniscule vineyard gives its name to the most famous Domaine in the world, commonly referred to as DRC. Domaine de la Romanée-Conti is widely considered to be among the world’s greatest wine producers, and has, for many decades, been Burgundy’s pre-eminent Domaine. DRC bottles are among the worlds’ rarest, most renowned and most expensive great wines. In 1869 the vineyard passed to Jacques-Marie Duvault-Blochet, ancestor of the current co-owners, the de Villaine family. The Leroy family acquired half ownership in 1942.
The Domaine owns almost 28 hectares of vineyards and this includes sole ownership of the 1.81 hectares of Romanée-Conti Grand Cru and the entire 6.06 hectares of La Tâche. They also own holdings of 3.51 hectares of Richebourg, 5.29 hectares of Romanée-Saint-Vivant, 0.68 hectares of Le Montrachet and cultivate 3.53 hectares of Grands-Echézeaux, with 4.67 hectares of Echézeaux. The Domaine has been at the forefront of viticultural developments, adopting a biodynamic approach and using vine material from their own vineyards for their re-planting. In 2005, the average age of the Romanée-Conti vines was more than 50 years.
There is no disputing the quality of the wines, particularly their highly sought-after and greatly-prized Romanée-Conti. This is very scarce, as on average only 450 cases are produced each vintage. As Michael Broadbent M.W. stated “It never fails to astonish me that the strips of vines which stretch only a modest number of meters up the very gentle slopes from the outskirts of an equally modest, indeed remarkably rural rambling village of Vosne, are capable of producing wines of such world class quality”. This wine needs time and through bottle-age evolves with incredible finesse, smoothness, complexity and length of flavour.
Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, Romanée-Saint-Vivant 2001
Grand Cru, Cote de Nuits
3 bottles per lot
'Romanée-Conti,' as the local proverb goes, 'is the central pearl of the Burgundian necklace.' This miniscule vineyard gives its name to the most famous Domaine in the world, commonly referred to as DRC. Domaine de la Romanée-Conti is widely considered to be among the world’s greatest wine producers, and has, for many decades, been Burgundy’s pre-eminent Domaine. DRC bottles are among the worlds’ rarest, most renowned and most expensive great wines. In 1869 the vineyard passed to Jacques-Marie Duvault-Blochet, ancestor of the current co-owners, the de Villaine family. The Leroy family acquired half ownership in 1942.
The Domaine owns almost 28 hectares of vineyards and this includes sole ownership of the 1.81 hectares of Romanée-Conti Grand Cru and the entire 6.06 hectares of La Tâche. They also own holdings of 3.51 hectares of Richebourg, 5.29 hectares of Romanée-Saint-Vivant, 0.68 hectares of Le Montrachet and cultivate 3.53 hectares of Grands-Echézeaux, with 4.67 hectares of Echézeaux. The Domaine has been at the forefront of viticultural developments, adopting a biodynamic approach and using vine material from their own vineyards for their re-planting. In 2005, the average age of the Romanée-Conti vines was more than 50 years.
There is no disputing the quality of the wines, particularly their highly sought-after and greatly-prized Romanée-Conti. This is very scarce, as on average only 450 cases are produced each vintage. As Michael Broadbent M.W. stated “It never fails to astonish me that the strips of vines which stretch only a modest number of meters up the very gentle slopes from the outskirts of an equally modest, indeed remarkably rural rambling village of Vosne, are capable of producing wines of such world class quality”. This wine needs time and through bottle-age evolves with incredible finesse, smoothness, complexity and length of flavour.
Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, Romanée-Saint-Vivant 2001
Grand Cru, Cote de Nuits
3 bottles per lot
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