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Domaine de la Romanée Conti, Grands Echezeaux Grand Cru 1999
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Tasting notes
Reviewed by: Neal Martin
Lighter colour than Echezeaux. The nose is muted with tar and a touch of blackcherry and blueberry. Very smooth silky palate. Velvety tannins - this is more like a Romanee Saint Vivant. Backward. Less expressive and open than Echezeux but utterly harmonious. Long finish. Not flamboyant, more svelte and sensuous. Utterly charming. (839 cases produced) Tasted February 2001.
Reviewed by: Pierre Rovani
The dark ruby-colored 1999 Grands-Echezeaux has gorgeous talcum powder, perfume, and candied cherry aromas. This sumptuously sweet, yet elegant, medium-bodied wine is crammed with blackberries and sugar-coated cherries. Oak shows through in this wine's satiny finish. Drink it over the next 12 years. Importer: Wilson-Daniels, St. Helena, CA; tel. (707) 963-9661.
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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Package Size
1 x 75cl
