1983 Domaine de la Romanee Conti Richebourg Burgundy - 750ml [Provenance & Authenticity Guaranteed]

1983 Domaine de la Romanee Conti Richebourg Burgundy - 750ml [Provenance & Authenticity Guaranteed]

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1983 DRC Richebourg Burgundy - Wilson Daniels Stock. This bottles came from an 1983 Assortment OWC - all pics and documented. Provenance & Authenticity Guaranteed (label damage) Outstanding Color! 

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.


Product Details

Varietal Pinot Noir
Vintage 1983
Rating 93 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

Winery Details

Varietal Pinot Noir
Vintage 1983
Rating 93 BH
Bottle Size 750 ml
Bottle Quantity 1
Country France
Region Burgundy
Location Cote de Nuits
Producer Romanee Conti Domaine de la
Color Red
Production
cases

Robert Parker

Robert Parker

Wine Spectator

Wine Spectator

Burghound

Burghound 93 BH - I hadn't had the chance to try this wine since the early '90s yet I had always thought it was perhaps the class of the DRC '83s and this bottle did nothing to dissuade my view. I say this primarily because there is almost no trace of the hail taint that detracts mildly from several of the others, particularly La Tâche. An expressive, elegant and spicy nose has gone completely secondary with traces of tertiary notes, particularly sous-bois. The rich, full-bodied, sweet and delicious flavors retain a fine sense of underlying power and harmony, all wrapped in a concentrated, velvety and long if slightly angular finish. Importantly this does not display the excess tannins that many '83s have.

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