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  • Country ranking ?

    1 064
  • Producer ranking ?

    203
  • Decanting time

    1h30min
  • When to drink

    now to 2025
  • Food Pairing

    Slow-braised beef

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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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Origin

Vosne-Romanée, Burgundy

Vintage Quality

Excellent

Value For Money

Good

Investment potential

Very Good

Fake factory

Serious

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Inside Information

Parker 91+ / The Romanée-Conti 1953 was the second vintage after the vineyard was replanted in 1945, so one must remember that the vines were just seven years old (assuming that the ground was not left fallow.) Mature in color with pale brick rim, it has a clean and well defined bouquet that if I am being truly honest, is missing the vigor that you might expect. It suggests that it might have been pretty in the past, but it is too ephemeral for my liking. I prefer the palate that is precise and balanced, elegiac with autumn leaves, tobacco and dried flowers. Over five minutes it gently builds in the mouth and meanwhile, the aromatics develop fireside hearth scents and gain intensity. I would drink any bottles in the near future and I suspect that vintages such as 1955 or 1959 will have more to offer in their dotage. That said, Aubert de Villaine intimated that he had encountered better bottles in the past, hence the plus sign accompanying my score.

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