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

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

Pretty floral, black currant leaf, strawberry and cherry aromas and flavors exhibit fine intensity, and the overall impression is one of energy.

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Producer: Domaine de La Romanee Conti

Ratings: WA | 98 BH | 98

Vintage: 2009

Size: 1.5L

ABV: 12.5%

Varietal: Pinot Noir

Country/Region: France, Burgundy

Pretty floral, black currant leaf, strawberry and cherry aromas and flavors exhibit fine intensity, and the overall impression is one of energy.

Reviews:

• Wine Advocate: The 2009 Romanee-Conti is surprisingly huge and even obvious in this vintage. That isnt a problem, just an observation. Romanee-Conti can be an elusive, intensely cerebral wine, but not in 2009. Floral notes add lift on the vivid, kaleidoscopic finish. Today the Romanee-Conti is all about breathtaking exuberance and richness. This is a breathtaking bottle.

• Burghound: As is often the case with this wine when it is young, the nose is almost always very restrained but even so the word brilliant doesn’t begin to capture just how marvelous it is. It’s a fool’s errand to try and capture all of the various nuances but a few of the major components would include dried rose petals, hoisin, clove, anise and cassis that merge seamlessly into regal, pure and gorgeously intense middle weight flavors that possess seemingly limitless reserves of dry extract that almost completely hide the perfectly integrated tannins on the firm, mineral-driven, overtly austere and linear finish. This possesses such a spectacular nose that you don’t even have to drink it to be thrilled and the flavors are perfectly spherical. This may well be the wine of the vintage because wine does not get much, if any, better. If you can somehow justify the scratch required, don’t miss it. I would also note that I’m not much on using plus signs with a scoring hierarchy that is already implausibly precise yet I do so here to indicate that I have the smallest of preferences for the ’09 Romane-Conti vis–vis the La Tche.

Producer Information

Domaine de la Romane-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-Romane, the domaine sells wines from eight different grand cru vineyards that span the length of the Cte d’Or. The most famous comes from the eponymous Romane-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 Romane-Conti are La Tche, Romane-Saint-Vivant and Richebourg in Vosne-Romane; plus chezeaux and Grands chezeaux 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 Btard-Montrachet and a Bourgogne Hautes Ctes de Nuits are not publically distributed. Of course, La Romane-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 Romane 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.