2009 | Domaine de La Romanee Conti | Romanee St Vivant (Magnum) Hot on Sale

2009 | Domaine de La Romanee Conti | Romanee St Vivant (Magnum)

Red Wine: 2009 | Domaine de La Romanee Conti | Romanee St Vivant (Magnum)

Incisive and reserved on the nose, this red gives an immediate sense of its firm structure, which supports pure cherry, strawberry spice and mineral flavors. Ends with excellent length.

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Producer: Domaine de La Romanee Conti

Ratings: WA | 95  BH | 96

Vintage: 2009

Size: 1.5L

ABV: 13.5%

Varietal: Pinot Noir

Country/Region: France, Burgundy

Detailed Description

Incisive and reserved on the nose, this red gives an immediate sense of its firm structure, which supports pure cherry, strawberry spice and mineral flavors. Ends with excellent length.

Reviews:

• Wine Advocate: The Romanée-Saint-Vivant 2009, tasted blind in Holland, has real swagger about it, perhaps more like the Richebourg in style. What I previously termed “restrained opulence” is being let off the leash and gently explodes with intense raspberry, crème de cassis, maraschino and perhaps even a dab of warm alcohol. The palate is full-bodied for an Romanée-Saint-Vivant with succulent, ripe tannins, crisp acidity and very decadent, almost candied finish that needs to show a little more finesse at this early stage. It is a magnificent specimen, although I suspect that the 2010 is even better and more crystalline.

• Burghound: As it usually the case, here the nose is even more elegant and prettier with a highly perfumed, layered and relatively high-toned aromatic profile that is quite floral along with offering up notes of oriental tea and exotic spice on the mostly red and blue pinot fruit scents. The detailed and ultra-refined flavors are crystalline in their purity and while they don’t have the robust power of the Grands Echézeaux, there is notably more finesse and even a bit more overall length on the mildly austere finish. It’s hard to capture mouth feel in words but think of lacy and silky textured flavors that possess a truly fine grain and you’ll have a good idea about the palate impression of the ’09 RSV. In a word, brilliant.

Producer Information

Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, or DRC as it is commonly known, is easily Burgundy’s best-known and most collectible wine producer. Based in the Burgundy village of Vosne-Romanée, the domaine sells 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 predominately produces Pinot Noir-based wines from 28 hectares (69 acres) of grand cru vineyard. Alongside Romanée-Conti are La Tâche, Romanée-Saint-Vivant and Richebourg in Vosne-Romanée; plus Échezeaux and Grands Échezeaux bottlings. Fruit from Corton-Bressandes, Corton Clos du Roi and Corton Renardes is combined in a single Corton Grand Cru red. There are three white (Chardonnay) wines made. Only one of these, the Montrachet is made widely avilable. A Bâtard-Montrachet and a Bourgogne Hautes Côtes de Nuits are not publically distributed. 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.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.