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Domaine de la Romanée Conti, Romanee Conti Grand Cru Monopole 2007
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Description
Domaine de la Romanee Conti Romanee Conti Grand Cru comes from an exceptional plot. The last in Burgundy to resist the phylloxera outbreak. However, in the Second World War it couldn’t tolerate the lack of carbon sulfur and for five years it didn’t produce vintages. It’s currently in top form through organic farming with biodynamic treatments. Maturation is exemplary with extremely low yields, leaving nothing to chance and carrying out several selection stages in the vineyard. After manual harvesting, the Domaine de la Romanee Conti Romanee Conti Grand Cru grapes are gently crushed and then macerated with their skins at a controlled temperature. Fermentation takes place in wooden barrels and finally the wine matures for 12 months in new French oak barrels acquired 3 years before and dried by the house cooper. Fruit of a unique Grand Cru, the magnificence of Domaine de la Romanee Conti Romanee Conti Grand Cru is known across the world. An impeccable work both in the vineyard and in harvesting which makes it the dream of every good wine lover. Without a doubt, the most sublime Pinot Noir.
Tasting notes
Reviewed by: Neal Martin
Kudos to the person who proffered no less than a bottle of 2007 Romanée-Conti Grand Cru for a La Paulée. Are you honestly telling me that selling it would have been better than sharing it with friends? Anyway, it is pure Pinoté on the nose with ethereal transparency, touches of iron filings and cracked black pepper loitering in the background. Wonderful perfume. The palate is perfectly balanced and glides across the senses, exerting a gentle grip on the finish. Hints of blood orange infuse the red fruit, not long but so tender. Gorgeous. Tasted at the La Paulée in Beaune.
Reviewed by: Stephen Tanzer
Deep medium red. Less expressive on the nose than La T a che but equally precise, hinting at redcurrant, cherry, exotic spices and wild herbs. Then silky-sweet, thick and deep, with an almost salty peppery quality giving the middle palate an extraordinarily tactile impression. The herbs and spices carry through to the extremely long, gripping finish, where the suave tannins are totally buffered by the wine's sheer extract. This actually strikes my palate as sweeter today than La T a che. But both of these wines should really be forgotten in the cellar for a good 12 years. Incidentally, this has a pH of 3.65, compared to 3.55 for the 2008.
Reviewed by: Stephen Tanzer
Medium red, not yet perfectly clear. Quite reserved on the nose, without the precision of La Tache. Boasts plenty of energy and sweetness but comes across as distinctly peppery today (no doubt the early vegetal/herbal quality of 2007 that Aubert de Villaine referred to) and thus difficult to taste. Very long and solid but this hasn't come into focus yet.
About the Producer
The Domaine de la Romanée-Conti or DRC is one of the most prestigious wine estates in the world with 25.5 hectares mostly in Vosne-Romanée on the route des Grands Crus in the vineyards of the Côte de Nuits of the Burgundy vineyards (named after the 1.8 hectare Clos de la Romanée-Conti, one of the most prestigious mythical grands crus in the world). The civil company of the same name was founded in 1942 by Edmond Gaudin de Villaine. It is now co-managed for their heir family by the winegrowers Aubert de Villaine and Perrine Fenal.
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