changes at domaine de la romanée-conti
Received from the domaine this morning: “Following the early death of her cousin, Mr Henry-Frédéric Roch, who had been the Domaine’s co-director representing the Leroy Family since 1992 besides Aubert de Villaine, Mrs Perrine Fenal was appointed by her family and nominated by the Domaine shareholders’ meeting of January 23rd… Read More
Romanée-Conti – 2017
Tasted in Vosne-Romanée with Bertrand de Villaine, 06 December, 2018. Domaine de la Romanée-Conti 1 Place de l’Église 21700 Vosne-Romanée www.romanee-conti.com Bertrand on 2017 and a little of 2018: “We began our harvest on the 31 August in 2018, the 04 September in 2017. We… Read More
bang! 1945 romanée-conti – half a million a bottle…
Lots 84 & 85 Romanee Conti 1945 – phote from Sotheby’s – cropped And so it came to pass on Saturday, when two bottles of 1945 Romanée-Conti broke the auction record for any bottle of wine – they sold for US$558,000 and US$496,000 to Asian and American collectors,… Read More
Romanée-Conti – 2016
Tasted in Vosne-Romanée with Bertrand de Villaine, 14th December, 2017. Domaine de la Romanée-Conti 1 Place de l’Église 21700 Vosne-Romanée www.romanee-conti.com Aubert last year on on 2016: “People think the year was bad, only because of one day of frost, and yes we lost 90%… Read More
Romanée-Conti – 2015
Tasted in Vosne-Romanée with Aubert de Villaine, 15 December, 2016. Domaine de la Romanée-Conti 1 Place de l’Église 21700 Vosne-Romanée www.romanee-conti.com Aubert on 2016: “People think the year was bad, only because of one day of frost, and yes we lost 90% in Grands-Echézeaux and… Read More
Romanée-Conti – 2014
Tasted in Vosne-Romanée with Bertrand de Villaine, 14th November, 2015. Domaine de la Romanée-Conti 1 Place de l’Église 21700 Vosne-Romanée www.romanee-conti.com It’s not often you walk into a cuverie to meet bottles, magnums and jeroboams of Montrachet – from DRC or anybody. They had been bottled… Read More
Romanée-Conti – 2013
Tasted in Vosne-Romanée with Bertrand de Villaine, 18th November, 2014. Domaine de la Romanée-Conti 1 Place de l’Église 21700 Vosne-Romanée www.romanee-conti.com Bertrand on 2014: “2014 is a more regular volume than 2013 – double! The hail was not such a great problem in this… Read More
Domaine de la Romanée-Conti: 2010 Vintage
It is a few years since I journeyed to St.Gallen for the local DRC agent’s vintage tasting of the latest DRC vintage – and after this short break, I can’t for the life of me think why I left it so long! Okay, 2010 is a classic Burgundian vintage… Read More
stuart george on his 1937 romanée-conti…
Following on from the post of ‘nine decades of domaine de la romanée-conti‘ there is this follow-up from Stuart George MW referring to the ‘too good to be true‘. It’s missing lots of info, like ‘when was the case bought from the domaine?’, ‘how many owners since then?’… Read More