Corton Grand Cru - Domaine de la Romanee-Conti 2009

L'évocation du nom Romanée-Conti suffit à faire frémir n'importe quel amateur de vins à travers le monde. En 1760, le prince Louis-François de Bourbon-Conti rachète une parcelle à Vosne-Romanée, plantée par les prieurs de Saint-Vivant, avant de mourir en 1776. Celle-ci est confisquée à la révolution puis vendue au plus offrant en 1794. C'est alors que la parcelle de 1,8 hectares est rebaptisée Romanée-Conti. Elle donnera son nom au plus prestigieux des domaines de Bourgogne.

In 1879, Jacques-Marie Duvault Blochet bought this estate, which is now owned by Henry-Frédéric Roch, Lalou Bize-Leroy and her director, Aubert de Villaine. Domaine de la Romanée-Conti (DRC) has 25 hectares of vineyards in Vosne, mainly among the commune’s grand crus: La Tâche, Romanée-Saint-Vivant, Richebourg, Echézeaux, Grands-Echézeaux and, of course, Romanée-Conti. In the Côte de Beaune, the estate recently acquired a lease to farm three parcels in Corton, in addition to its legendary vineyards in Montrachet and Bâtard-Montrachet (a small production not sold commercially).

Although Romanée-Conti is the focus of everyone’s attention, the estate’s other grand crus are impeccable, thanks to the work carried out both in the vineyard (managed biodynamically) and in the winery (where whole-cluster vinification is practiced). Yields are extremely low, and some wines, such as Montrachet, are not produced every year because quantities are too small (as was the case in 1992 and 2016). Its price is naturally commensurate with its legendary status.