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Domaine de la Romanée Conti, Grands Echezeaux Grand Cru 1996
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Reviewed by: Pierre Rovani
This dark-colored wine displays a magnificently elegant nose of cassis, black cherries, and roses. This is an austere yet expansive, complex, medium-to-full-bodied, ripe and masculine wine. It is dense and powerful yet maintains a refined combination of muscle and class. Its tightly wound core offers red and black currants, cherries, minerals, and toasted oak flavors, all of which linger in its admirably focused and firm finish. Projected maturity: 2003-2012. Importer: Wilson-Daniels, St. Helena, CA; tel. (707) 963-9661.
Reviewed by: Neal Martin
Disappointing after Echezeaux. Wide pink rim. The nose is quite straightforward with simple cherry fruits and wild strawberry. Moderate tannins, becomes more harmonious on the mid-palate. Still very stern and quite conservative compared to the other 1996 Domaine de la Romanee-Conti's. Tasted February 1999.
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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