Domaine De La Romanée-Conti Richebourg Tinto

Description

Very little remains to be said, or written, about the one who is the most renowned and envied of all Burgundy producers, and of the world. The Domaine's history intertwines with that of the Côte de Nuits itself, spanning eras and fashions until the present day. The Societé Civile du Domaine de la Romanée‑Conti (DRC) is run by two families, Leroy and Villaine, represented respectively by Henry‑Frederic Roch, nephew of Mme Lalou Bize‑Leroy, and Aubert de Villaine. The Domaine covers about 29 ha of vines, mostly Grand Crus. The Grand Crus include the Romanée‑Conti and La Tâche Monopolies, as well as plots in Le Montrachet, Échézeaux, Grands‑Échézeaux, Richebourg, Romanée Saint‑Vivant, and since 2009 in Corton Renards, Corton Bressandes, and Corton Clos du Roi. There are also vineyards in Bâtard‑Montrachet, Vosne‑Romanée (Les Gaudichots, Les Petits Monts, and Aux dessus dès Malconsorts), which produce exceedingly rare wines that, in the case of Bâtard‑Montrachet, are not even commercialised. Curiously, all the Domaine’s vines are organic and operate under biodynamic principles. The maestro of this work is Mr Bernard Noblet, the house’s head winemaker, a man of great stature, austere appearance, but immense rigor and focus. He says the DRC is primarily an experimental domaine where about 25 years‑old wines are still bottled, experimenting from a variety of perspectives. The wines are absolutely brilliant in their purity, precision, and lightness. They are wines with immense ageing potential, with some even requiring a good decade in the cellar to reveal their full glory.