2009 Domaine de la Romanee-Conti, DRC, Echezeaux Grand Cru, Case of 3 Magnum

DR96 "The 2009 vintage of DRC Echézeaux is a wine that never shut down. From my earliest tasting of it, the wine has been redolent of sweet mulberry, and black cherry fruit touched with liquorice spice, with the nuance of a mineral and floral edge. Thirteen years after the vintage, the incredible purity of fruit is still the most salient characteristic. There is little evolution here, and for now, the full body, supple tannins, balanced acidity, and imposing length are their own reward." CC for DR Feb 2023

BH94 "A ripe, elegant and densely fruited nose exudes notes of violets, sandalwood, anise and dried black berries that precede supple, rich and attractively voluminous flavors that retain a fine sense of underlying detail on the wonderfully intense, persistent and quite firm finish. This is an absolutely stunning wine and every bit as good as the genuinely remarkable 2005." AM for BH Jan 2012

RP94 "The 2009 Échézeaux Grand Cru unwinds in the glass with a deep-pitched bouquet of wild berries and plums mingled with peonies, exotic spices and hints of wood smoke. Full-bodied, deep and complete, with velvety tannins and an enveloping core of fruit, it's sumptuous but serious, with lively acids and a long, resonant finish. This is a concentrated, youthfully muscular Échézeaux that is still a few years away from showing all its cards." WK for TWA Sep 2021