2019 Domaine de la Romanee-Conti, DRC, Romanee-Saint-Vivant Grand Cru, Bottle (750ml)
$3,895
98AG97BH97RP97DR
Critic key
RP = Robert ParkerAG = Antonio GalloniBH = BurghoundDR = Decanter
- Rating
- AG98/BH97/RP97/DR97
- Producer
- Domaine Romanee Conti
- Vintage
- 2019
- Region
- Burgundy
- Appellation
- Romanee-Saint-Vivant
- Country
- France
- Grape Varietal
- Pinot Noir
- Classification
- Grand Cru
- Format
- Bottle
- Volume
- 750mL
- ABV
- 14.0
- Type
- Still
- Color
- Red
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Product Description
AG98 "The 2019 Romanée St. Vivant Grand Cru picks up where the Grands Echézeaux leaves off. What a wine! Complete and beautifully resonant, the Romanée St. Vivant offers up copious dark fruit intermingled with dried herbs, lavender, graphite and coffee. It’s a rich, dramatic Romanée St. Vivant that will reward decades of cellaring. In most years, Romanée St. Vivant is a wine of sensuality, but in 2019 it is quite brooding and potent in bearing. Magnificent. (Drink between 2029-2069)" AG for VM Jun 2022
BH97 "Subtle wood influence can be found on the equally ripe, airy and gorgeously elegant nose of black cherry, cassis, exotic tea and an almost endless range of spice elements. There is unusually good volume and punch to the lavishly rich, even opulent, medium weight plus flavors that coat the palate with sappy dry extract on the highly energetic and very powerful finish. This is also quite firmly structured and 2019 is relatively big and muscular vintage for the RSV. With that said, I suspect that the hallmark finesse and refinement will eventually reveal themselves with extended time in bottle. I would add that I thought this was marvelous from barrel but it's even better now that it's in bottle. (Drink starting 2039)" AM for BH Jan 2022
RP97 "The 2019 Romanée-St-Vivant Grand Cru wafts from the glass with breathtaking aromas of raspberries and strawberries mingled with bergamot, Indian spices, peonies and rose petals. Full-bodied, vibrant and perfumed, it's finer boned than the more muscular Grands-Échézeaux, with a bright spine of acidity and beautifully refined tannins, concluding with a long, penetrating finish. Striking for its purity and elegance, my handwritten notes include the phrase "pure sensuality."" WK for TWA Jan 2022
DR97 "Less flashy than the Richebourg, this is already showing a wonderfully precise, concentrated and pure core. Tannins are evident but are so fine they caress the palate. Intense dark fruit blossoms as the wine breathes, putting on extra weight and finishing with some red cherry and redcurrant hints on the finish. Surprisingly approachable, this will also be a wine to savour and contemplate in future decades. With 1,351 cases made, this is the largest production of any of the DRC wines. However, the yield was only 18hl/ha. (Drink between 2027-2050)" AH for DR Jan 2022
William Kelley for RobertParker.com writes, "This was a particularly memorable tasting at the Domaine de la Romanée-Conti. Revisiting the bottled 2019s was thrilling, as these are some of the most sensual, dramatic young wines I've ever tasted at this address; and the young 2020s, tasted from barrel (with the exception of several cuvées that had been recently racked), show immense potential too. A few small evolutions have been made in the cellars in the last few years, with Tonnellerie La Grange increasingly in evidence alongside historically dominant François Frères on the red side of the ledger, and barrels from Séguin Morey, Damy and Taransaud to be found in the new room devoted to the domaine's white wines. Bottling is also a touch earlier than in the past." Published: Jan 20, 2022
BH97 "Subtle wood influence can be found on the equally ripe, airy and gorgeously elegant nose of black cherry, cassis, exotic tea and an almost endless range of spice elements. There is unusually good volume and punch to the lavishly rich, even opulent, medium weight plus flavors that coat the palate with sappy dry extract on the highly energetic and very powerful finish. This is also quite firmly structured and 2019 is relatively big and muscular vintage for the RSV. With that said, I suspect that the hallmark finesse and refinement will eventually reveal themselves with extended time in bottle. I would add that I thought this was marvelous from barrel but it's even better now that it's in bottle. (Drink starting 2039)" AM for BH Jan 2022
RP97 "The 2019 Romanée-St-Vivant Grand Cru wafts from the glass with breathtaking aromas of raspberries and strawberries mingled with bergamot, Indian spices, peonies and rose petals. Full-bodied, vibrant and perfumed, it's finer boned than the more muscular Grands-Échézeaux, with a bright spine of acidity and beautifully refined tannins, concluding with a long, penetrating finish. Striking for its purity and elegance, my handwritten notes include the phrase "pure sensuality."" WK for TWA Jan 2022
DR97 "Less flashy than the Richebourg, this is already showing a wonderfully precise, concentrated and pure core. Tannins are evident but are so fine they caress the palate. Intense dark fruit blossoms as the wine breathes, putting on extra weight and finishing with some red cherry and redcurrant hints on the finish. Surprisingly approachable, this will also be a wine to savour and contemplate in future decades. With 1,351 cases made, this is the largest production of any of the DRC wines. However, the yield was only 18hl/ha. (Drink between 2027-2050)" AH for DR Jan 2022
William Kelley for RobertParker.com writes, "This was a particularly memorable tasting at the Domaine de la Romanée-Conti. Revisiting the bottled 2019s was thrilling, as these are some of the most sensual, dramatic young wines I've ever tasted at this address; and the young 2020s, tasted from barrel (with the exception of several cuvées that had been recently racked), show immense potential too. A few small evolutions have been made in the cellars in the last few years, with Tonnellerie La Grange increasingly in evidence alongside historically dominant François Frères on the red side of the ledger, and barrels from Séguin Morey, Damy and Taransaud to be found in the new room devoted to the domaine's white wines. Bottling is also a touch earlier than in the past." Published: Jan 20, 2022