1999 DRC Domaine de la Romanee Conti Grands Echezeaux Burgundy - 750ml

1999 DRC Domaine de la Romanee Conti Grands Echezeaux Burgundy - 750ml

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1999 DRC Grands Echezeaux Burgundy - 94 Points!

Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, or DRC as it is commonly known, is easily Burgundy's most world renown and most collectible wines in the world. Based in the Burgundy village of Vosne-Romanée, the Domaine makes wines from eight different grand cru vineyards that span the length of the Côte d'Or. The most famous comes from the eponymous Romanée-Conti vineyard, and on average is the most expensive wine in the world.

The Domaine makes mostly Pinot Noir-based wines from 28 hectares (69 acres) of grand cru vineyard – represented alongside Romanée-Conti are La Tache, Romanée-Saint-Vivant and Richebourg in Vosne-Romanée; Corton-Bressandes, Corton Clos du Roi and Corton Renardes in Corton; and Échezeaux and Grands Échezeaux. Le Montrachet and Batard-Montrachet in the Côte de Beaune make DRC's only Chardonnay-based white wines.

Of course, La Romanée-Conti is the Domaine's most famous asset, and the amount of wine made from less than 2ha (5 acres) of land amounts to just 6000 bottles a year. The vineyard has a long history, dating back to the Abbey of Saint-Vivant in the 13th Century. It took on the Romanée name in 1631, and the Conti in 1760. In 1869, it was obtained by Jacques-Marie Duvault-Blochet, who left it to his great grandchildren upon his death. It was then that the Société-Civile du Domaine de la Romanée-Conti was established to avoid Napoleonic inheritance laws.

Today, DRC is owned in part by the de Villaine family and in part by the Leroy family. Aubert de Villaine is the figurehead of the company now – although it was famously run by Lalou Bize-Leroy for a time, until a dispute saw her ousted from control. The Leroy family is now represented by Henri-Frederic Roch.

Varietal Pinot Noir
Vintage 1999
Rating 94 BH
Bottle Size 750 ml
Bottle Quantity 1
Country France
Region Burgundy
Location Cote de Nuits
Producer Romanee Conti Domaine de la
Color Red
Wine Type Table
Rating
Wine Spectator
Burghound 94 BH - I have now tasted the '99 GE some 6 times since my original review in Issue 5 and it continues to improve indeed to the point that I have raised my score modestly. There is still a touch of new oak framing the penetrating red and blackberry fruits vanilla and oriental spice aromas and it continues onto the beautifully detailed and quite robust flavors that deliver excellent precision. This is a big wine with richness superb length and impressive refinement and it's clear that this will live for decades. In sum this is very classy juice. BH
Varietal Pinot Noir
Vintage 1999
Rating 94 BH
Bottle Size 750 ml
Bottle Quantity 1
Country France
Region Burgundy
Location Cote de Nuits
Producer Romanee Conti Domaine de la
Color Red
Wine Type Table
    Varietal Pinot Noir
    Vintage 1999
    Rating 94 BH - I have now tasted the '99 GE some 6 times since my original review in Issue 5 and it continues to improve indeed to the point that I have raised my score modestly. There is still a touch of new oak framing the penetrating red and blackberry fruits vanilla and oriental spice aromas and it continues onto the beautifully detailed and quite robust flavors that deliver excellent precision. This is a big wine with richness superb length and impressive refinement and it's clear that this will live for decades. In sum this is very classy juice. BH
    Bottle Size 750 ml
    Bottle Quantity 1
    Country France
    Region Burgundy
    Location Cote de Nuits
    Producer Romanee Conti Domaine de la
    Color Red
    Wine Type Table
    Varietal Pinot Noir
    Vintage 1999
    Rating 94 BH - I have now tasted the '99 GE some 6 times since my original review in Issue 5 and it continues to improve indeed to the point that I have raised my score modestly. There is still a touch of new oak framing the penetrating red and blackberry fruits vanilla and oriental spice aromas and it continues onto the beautifully detailed and quite robust flavors that deliver excellent precision. This is a big wine with richness superb length and impressive refinement and it's clear that this will live for decades. In sum this is very classy juice. BH
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