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  • Country ranking ?

    688
  • Producer ranking ?

    117
  • Decanting time

    1h
  • When to drink

    now to 2035
  • Food Pairing

    Scampi and caviar toasts

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96 points Allen Meadows - Burghound

 Some bricking with a ruby core. A simply brilliant nose with a superb breadth of spice, earth, leather and smoky game nuances leads to still vibrant and youthful, very ripe flavors that possess simply knockout complexity and still plenty of vigor on the incredibly long finish. This is really quite something and while it is as good as it will ever be, the '64 RC is unbelievably good for such young vines a...

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The Story

 “As if, in this square of earth, the gods had bequeathed us a memory of the fascinating vestige of a timeless perfection.” — Richard Olney. The wine of Prince de Conti, she is velvet, seduction and mystery. It is the most Proustian of all great wines.

 

Domaine de la Romanée-Conti is without question the most famous estate in Burgundy and arguably the greatest, producing some of the best wines in the world. It is probably one of the mos...

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Wine Information

Romanee-Conti 1964.

Vintage started 4th October (38 hl/ha) Meaty and muscular, yet also violet scented. Strong bonework and very good acidity balance. A purist's Romanée-Conti.

1964 was the unsurpassed vintage of the decade in Vosne-Romanée. The spring was cool and summer almost perfect with very hot July. Just few showers in September. Most of the red wines showed promise of a long and successful life. The Romanée-Conti is one of the be...

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Average Bottle Price

2017 2015 2013 2012 2011 2010 2005 2000
9 460€ +8.9% 8 690€ +44.6% 6 009€ +17.5% 5 112€ -26.8% 6 988€ +54.6% 4 521€ +50.2% 3 009€ +131.6% 1 299€

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Tasting note

color

Full

ending

Medium, Smooth and Flavorful

flavors

Mint

nose

Intense, Generous and Round

recommend

Yes

taste

Balanced, Well-structured, Complex, Round, Rich and Elegant

Written Notes

Holy shit, a 1964 DRC Romanee Conti. When it rains, it pours, but this was a downright typhoon already! The ’64 was rich and saucy, so textured and seductive. Bohr observed ‘that tomato skin thing’ that old DRC’s can have, and it also had a rich bouillon quality. Lush and still strong, this was again a great bottle from an ‘up and down’ vintage that definitely took me to the ‘up’ side. This was an intense and deep experience 

  • 97p
1964 was the unsurpassed vintage of the decade in Vosne-Romanée. The spring was cool and summer almost perfect with very hot July. Few refreshing showers in September. Most of the red wines delivered a promise of a long and successful life. The Romanée-Conti is one of the best example of those wines, who delivered that promise fully. Good looking bottle. Level was 4 cm. Decanted one hour. Fine mature colour. Intense and concentrated nose with hints of mint and pure Pinot aromas. Well-balanced, fresh and very classy wine. A genuine, solid and sensual wine with sweet and elegant finish.
  • 93p

I was expecting a little more from this legendary bottle. It started off a little funky and strange, but then it came around and smelled like sex. Full and silky textured with dark berries, toffee and caramel on the palate. It opened wonderfully with time.

  • 95p
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Origin

Vosne-Romanée, Burgundy

Vintage Quality

Excellent

Value For Money

Poor

Investment potential

Very Good

Fake factory

Serious

Glass time

1h

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Inside Information

1964 was the unsurpassed vintage of the decade in Vosne-Romanée. The spring was cool and summer almost perfect with very hot July. Just few showers in September. Most of the red wines showed promise of a long and successful life. The Romanée-Conti is one of the best example of those wine, who delivered that promise fully.

Good looking bottle. Level was 4 cm. Decanted one hour. Fine mature colour. Intense and concentrated nose with hint of mint and pure Pinot. Well balanced, fresh and very classy. A genuine, solid and sensual wine with sweet and elegant ending. I would have said old-fashioned in the best sense.

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