Red Burgundy - 2016 - Romanee Conti - Romanee Conti

  • Region: Red Burgundy
  • Producer: Romanee Conti
  • Vintage: 2016
  • Rating: 98
  • Notes:
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QtyUnitSizeCase SizePriceReserve
1Bottle75cl£15,500

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Tasting Notes

The 2016 Romanée-Conti Grand Cru was picked on September 25 at 24hL/ha. As usual, I allowed it five or six minutes to open in the glass. It is a very subtle Romanée-Conti, more discreet than the 2016 La Tâche, but then you become entranced by its spellbinding purity and grace. It gradually builds aromatically, augmenting the black fruit with red, and developing scents of wild hedgerow and freshly tilled soil - almost a pastoral element. The palate is medium-bodied with extremely precise and fine tannin and notes of wild strawberry, cranberry and crushed limestone. This feels very harmonious, the texture silkier than the La Tâche, displaying just a touch of bay leaf and black pepper toward the sustained finish, which gains depth and grip with aeration. Exquisite, though I suspect the La Tâche will challenge it for supremacy. 440 cases produced. Tasted at Corney & Barrow’s annual in-bottle tasting in London.

-- Neal Martin 98 Neal Martin 2026 - 2060 Not Available Feb 2019