2021 Domaine de la Romanee-Conti, DRC, Grands Echezeaux Grand Cru, Bottle (750ml)
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96DR95+RP
Critic key
RP = Robert ParkerDR = Decanter
- Rating
- DR96/RP95+
- Producer
- Domaine Romanee Conti
- Vintage
- 2021
- Region
- Burgundy
- Appellation
- Grands Echezeaux
- Country
- France
- Classification
- Grand Cru
- Format
- Bottle
- Volume
- 750mL
- ABV
- 13.5
- Type
- Still
- Color
- Red
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Product Description
DR96 "On release, the Grands Echézeaux shares the somewhat pale hue of the Echezeaux, yet it is aromatically richer, with more sweet pomegranate fruit on the initial attack. While still noticeable, the cask ageing is well-integrated, and the wine is more substantial and longer than its neighbour on the palate. The domaine protected parts of the vineyard with candles, which helped the yield and delivered a lusher result despite being picked a week earlier. This wine impresses even more now than it had out of barrel. Picked 23 September; 8,899 bottles produced." CC for DR Mar 2024
RP95+ "The 2021 Grands Échézeaux Grand Cru is deeper pitched and denser than the Echézeaux. Mingling aromas of wild berries and plums with notions of sweet spices, incense and rose petals, it's full-bodied, broad and textural, with an almost unctuous attack that segues into a layered mid-palate that's framed by sweet, powdery tannins that assert themselves on the long, sapid finish. This is always a wine built for the long haul, and the 2021 is no exception." WK for TWA Jan 2024
"The 2021 vintage has turned out brilliantly at the Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, delivering wines of striking perfume and sensuality. Sadly, there just isn't very much of them to go around. The April frosts destroyed around half the crop in Vosne-Romanée and even more in the Côte de Beaune, indeed, fully 90% in Chardonnay. Harvest began on September 23, lasting until October 2, with Echézéaux and Corton-Charlemagne the last to be brought in. In style, they evoke the classics of yesteryear, but the evocation is surely a little deceptive, as these 2021s are already so suave and structurally polished that it's hard to resist them today—so if this is classicism, in other words, it's a decidedly contemporary classicism. Above all, these are wines that beg the question, how do we define a great vintage? Is it when wines impress or when they seduce? The Domaine de la Romanée-Contis would certainly pass the latter test." The Wine Advocate Published: Jan 18, 2024
RP95+ "The 2021 Grands Échézeaux Grand Cru is deeper pitched and denser than the Echézeaux. Mingling aromas of wild berries and plums with notions of sweet spices, incense and rose petals, it's full-bodied, broad and textural, with an almost unctuous attack that segues into a layered mid-palate that's framed by sweet, powdery tannins that assert themselves on the long, sapid finish. This is always a wine built for the long haul, and the 2021 is no exception." WK for TWA Jan 2024
"The 2021 vintage has turned out brilliantly at the Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, delivering wines of striking perfume and sensuality. Sadly, there just isn't very much of them to go around. The April frosts destroyed around half the crop in Vosne-Romanée and even more in the Côte de Beaune, indeed, fully 90% in Chardonnay. Harvest began on September 23, lasting until October 2, with Echézéaux and Corton-Charlemagne the last to be brought in. In style, they evoke the classics of yesteryear, but the evocation is surely a little deceptive, as these 2021s are already so suave and structurally polished that it's hard to resist them today—so if this is classicism, in other words, it's a decidedly contemporary classicism. Above all, these are wines that beg the question, how do we define a great vintage? Is it when wines impress or when they seduce? The Domaine de la Romanée-Contis would certainly pass the latter test." The Wine Advocate Published: Jan 18, 2024