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  • Producer ranking ?

    229
  • Decanting time

    2h
  • When to drink

    now to 2035
  • Food Pairing

    fennel-Scented Duck Breasts with Pinot Noir Sauce

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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

1997 Harvest

1997 will be remembered as a vintage where extremes of cold, heat and humidity never stopped meeting, a vintage that began with anxiety and difficulties, but ended with smile and excitement, and everything you need to achieve an exceptional wine.

The bud was very early, favoured by an extraordinarily warm month of March, but in April the cold weather returned with intensity and frost slowed down and even here and there destr...

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Vintage 1997

1997 VINTAGE in Burgundy

The exciting Burgundy vintage in 1997 is regarded as having produced some of the most charming wines in living memory. The whites are notable for their richness and balance. Full, elegant and well bred, they are for great short to medium term drinking pleasure. The reds have fine intense colour, with well-ripened berry fruits on the nose, and smooth, fleshy flavours in the mouth. They are already very agreeable to d...

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Average Bottle Price

2017 2015 2013 2010 2005
14 390€ +47.7% 9 740€ +1.9% 9 554€ +74.1% 5 489€ +131.6% 2 370€

This data comes from the FINE Auction Index, a composite of average prices for wines sold at commercial auctions in 20 countries. The average prices from each year have been collected since 1990. This chart plots the index value of the average price of the wines.

Tasting note

color

Full

ending

Long and Spicy

flavors

Cherry, Voluptuous, Toasty and Mineral

nose

Intense and Opulent

recommend

Yes

taste

Complex, Medium-bodied and Harmonious

Written Notes

DRC Romanée Conti 1997/ The small harvest after very hot weather conditions guaranteed very intense, ruby colour and opulent, rich and spicy nose with complex aromas of violets, ripe cherries and chocolate. Crisp, harmonious medium-bodied palate with very refine tannins and moderately intense red fruit are enhanced with mineral, spicy and toasty finish. Very long velvety aftertaste. A total of 4814 bottles made.
  • 89p

Domaine de la Romanée Conti
“An intensely floral nose that is surprisingly reserved, particularly for a vintage that in many cases has already peaked, also evidence notes of spice and dried rose petal and significantly, there is no sign of surmaturit or the obverse case of undue greenness. The firm structure un- derpinning the ripe medium weight flavors remains well integrated and there is good volume if not the sheer depth of the finest vintages. In sum, a deceptively graceful wine that is still on its way up. Multiple, and consistent, notes.”(93pts BH)

  • 93p
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Origin

Vosne-Romanée, Burgundy

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