Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Romanée Saint-Vivant Grand Cru 1999
Drinking Window: 2012 - 2022
Review Date: 1st June 2002
The 1999 Romanee-St-Vivant initially has its nose put out of joint by the precocious 1999 Echezeaux, but allowing the wine to unfold over 30 to 40 minutes, it shows its true breeding. Returning after ten minutes, the nose positively explodes from the glass with a sorbet-like purity – hints of wild strawberry, cassis and a little blueberry – a piercing intensity that is wondrous to behold. The palate is medium-bodied and does not have the volume of the 1999 Echezeaux, but there is superior clarity and focus, the tannins clearly fine and the finish shimmering with tension and femininity. This is just a beautiful wine that will only get better. Drink 2016-2030.
Drinking Window: 2016 - 2030
Reviewer Name: Neal Martin
Review Date: 29th August 2013
Full deep red. Scented, complex nose combines black plum, blackcurrant, black cherry, flowers and spices. Thick, sweet and large-scaled; boasts impressive fruit and volume but also powerful supporting backbone. The strong tannins do not at all overwhelm the subtle, very persistent fruit. I may be underrating this.
Drinking Window: 2012 - 2022
Review Date: 1st March 2001
Super quality in this blockbuster of a Pinot Noir, with lovely blackberries, wild berries and blueberries. But this full-bodied red is tough and angular, and a bit woody. Needs years in the cellar to show it all, but loads of ripe fruit, terroir and mineral character anchor it in pedigreed Burgundian soil. Best from 2010 through 2030. -PM
Drinking Window: 2012 - 2022
Review Date: 1st August 2002
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- Year 1999
- Colour Red
- Country France
- Region Burgundy
- Sub Region Romanee-Saint-Vivant
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- Pack Size 1x75cl
- ABV 13.00°
- Drinking Window 2016 - 2030
- Drinking Recommendation Drinking Now, will improve
- LWIN 102869019990100750
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Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Romanée Saint-Vivant Grand Cru 1999
Drinking Window: 2012 - 2022
Review Date: 1st June 2002
96 Wine AdvocateThe 1999 Romanee-St-Vivant initially has its nose put out of joint by the precocious 1999 Echezeaux, but allowing the wine to unfold over 30 to 40 minutes, it shows its true breeding. Returning after ten minutes, the nose positively explodes from the glass with a sorbet-like purity – hints of wild strawberry, cassis and a little blueberry – a piercing intensity that is wondrous to behold. The palate is medium-bodied and does not have the volume of the 1999 Echezeaux, but there is superior clarity and focus, the tannins clearly fine and the finish shimmering with tension and femininity. This is just a beautiful wine that will only get better. Drink 2016-2030.
Drinking Window: 2016 - 2030
Reviewer Name: Neal Martin
Review Date: 29th August 2013
91-94 Stephen Tanzer - VinousFull deep red. Scented, complex nose combines black plum, blackcurrant, black cherry, flowers and spices. Thick, sweet and large-scaled; boasts impressive fruit and volume but also powerful supporting backbone. The strong tannins do not at all overwhelm the subtle, very persistent fruit. I may be underrating this.
Drinking Window: 2012 - 2022
Review Date: 1st March 2001
94 Wine SpectatorSuper quality in this blockbuster of a Pinot Noir, with lovely blackberries, wild berries and blueberries. But this full-bodied red is tough and angular, and a bit woody. Needs years in the cellar to show it all, but loads of ripe fruit, terroir and mineral character anchor it in pedigreed Burgundian soil. Best from 2010 through 2030. -PM
Drinking Window: 2012 - 2022
Review Date: 1st August 2002
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About Domaine de la Romanée-Conti
Domaine de la Romanée-Conti (aka DRC) is an iconic producer – and has maintained this position for many decades. DRC has a fascinating and lengthy history spanning the ownership of its namesake vineyard by the Bourbon Prince of Conti, through the French Revolution to the current owner of the de Villaine and Leroy/Roch families. Managing 25 hectares of exclusively Grand Cru vineyards, Domaine de la Romanée-Conti is the sole Burgundian estate to bottle nothing other than the pinnacle of the region’s classification system.
Chief amongst all Burgundy producers to claim holdings in most of the magical terroir in Vosne-Romanée, Domaine de la Romanée-Conti is famously hailed as the King of Vosne-Romanée. Possessing only the best vineyard in the region, two of their most sought after red wines being Romanée-Conti and La Tâche, both of which are monopole holdings and frequently amongst the best offerings in Burgundy.
Apart from Romanée-Conti and La Tâche, DRC also produces four other Grand Cru wines from Vosne-Romanée at ultra-limited quantity each year: Romanée St-Vivant Grand Cru (approx. 1,500 cases/year), Richebourg Grand Cru (approx. 1,000 cases/year), Échezeaux Grand Cru (approx. 1,340 cases/year) and Grand Échezeau Grand Cru (approx. 1,150 cases/year).
The style of the DRC wines is rich, intense, silky, transparent and quite light on the aromatic palate with more red than dark nuances. The use of whole clusters gives a very rich aromatic profile, and a very high complexity as the wine ages. All the wines are very reflective of the terroir, and the difference in terroir is very clear even when the wines are very young and powerful. Domaine de la Romanée-Conti normally use 100% new oak on the wines.
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