low fill. slightly browner bricking than la tache. complex, layered nose is very colourful and profound: notes of faded roses, truffles, spices, wood-smoke, and caramel. beautifully balanced, extremely penetrating, incisive, yet opulent and expansive flavour-- a melange of eidetic fruit and spices that is complex but seamlessly integrated. silken texture, enormous length, brilliant finish echoes and re-echoes
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Initially closed and very dark, this bottle took all of 1.5 hours to open, but wonderful energy on the finish when it did. Tightly packed palate requires close attention and real focus.
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Like the Jayer and Rousseau, this was perfection. Perfect cherries, spices, nuance and texture. Driven minerality which gives the wine a precision and clarity that other wines cannot achieve. Long and persistent finish. This is exactly what you would hope for in a DRC RC.
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Consistent to my Dec 2016 note. Perfect balance and purity. I don’t see how there could be any more in a wine, this is an image of beauty. Seemingly endless flavours with the spellbinding bouquet to match. Decidedly superior to the La Tâche tonight, which was also excellent. No detailed notes tonight, but this was magic.
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The nose is not as delicate or flirty as the LT, but with more heft on the palate. Exotic spices, light funk, black raspberry, black plum, and cola notes with air time. Showed younger than its age. 98-99+
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Romanée-Conti v. La Tâche: Comparable nose to that on the La Tâche but with an added layer of secondary complexity including tobacco leaf. Stemmy florals, red cherries, and layers of secondary and tertiary Vosne spice. On the palate this has aged beautifully and offers firmly secondary red berry fruit flavours with tertiary spices. This was the closing wine of the evening and note writing has slowed down, but this was truly special.
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Fresh baking spice with a hint of violets on the nose. Amalgamated red cherry and black raspberry notes. Tea and light cocoa powder. A still svelte acid core. The nose on this bottle was phenomenal with the palate falling just short of that. Complex and refined.
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Truly an extraordinary nose with a kaleidescope of scents including the purest cherries, cinnamon, nutmeg, sweet barnyard and the finest minerals. A 100-pt nose for sure and while the palate didn't quite match it, it came close. The texture is ethereal like the finest silk and the wine delivers classic cherry, violet and spice flavors with this wonderful floral essence and fine but subtle intensity. The finish is lighter but composed of fabulously complex notes of minerals and spices. It is layered but in the most elegant and finesse-driven way. An extraordinary experience to taste. At Latour, Crystal Springs.
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Green on the nose, a telltale RC give-away. A wow wine on the palate. Geez.... sweet, elegant, intense, astounding intensity and energy but with lightness. Some tomato, iffy and steamy on the nose. Palate is monolithic. Yum.
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The Thirteenth Annual Stonefields Dinner (Guelph, Ontario, Canada): Sheer perfection... Nose is entoxicating, powerful, enthralling and humbling all at the same time. How did I get to this place...to drink this wine...in this moment? I am a lucky man. Aromas of spice, mineral, nutmeg, cherry liquor, dried red flowers, earth, soy, orange zest, stems and forrest floor. The palate is so svelte....layered, pith and pure. Pure tart red fruit, earth, forrest floor, cedar, stems, spice, nutmeg, sandalwood, and violets. Finish is never ending, the flavours are never ending...this wine never stops. Minutes go by and I still taste it. I want to cry....but there are all these damn people around. Awesome and jaw dropping wine.
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Jeremy Holmes stated the profile spot on. Never had a wine like this before. So much going on. Opened for an hour. Really hit stride 3 hours later. Only second time in my life with the RC. Had Latache probably a dozen times, and this was quite different.
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The 1978 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Romanée-Conti was on fire, drinking just the way you’d expect and like it to. The aroma was comprised of aniseed, juniper, sandalwood, rose petals, balsamic and a touch of vegemite. In the mouth it was complex, layered, lacy and cerebral. There’s so much going on but it has such great poise and restraint. The finish is full of what the Japanese would term umami and every sip was an absolute delight.
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Kruger's 75th (Corsair): Another DRC when after it is poured, everyone takes a sip, yet no one has anything to say! Absolutely stunning. Very meaty nose, touch gamey? Smoked and cured meats, almonds, bing cherry and plum. Warm spices, delicate touch of forest floor and mushroom. The palate is where everything comes together into a seamless, complex experience. In a very good place right now. The fruit isn't dried out quite yet and the acid and structure is very well alive.
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Now at an age when bottle variation results in a game of Russian roulette. Some bottles make you wonder why anyone ever made a fuss. Other bottles leave you speechless, kneeling down before your glass thanking God you lived long enough to pop the cork. This bottle was definitely in the latter camp. Reducing the experience to a tasting note would be akin to blasphemy.
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Unbelievable work of art. Hits every note and the undeniable king of Vosne. At first the La Tache 78 was showing better but once the RC woke up, it was overwhelmingly more sexy, opulent and elegant.
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8/7/2021 - logos Likes this wine: 95 Points
low fill. slightly browner bricking than la tache. complex, layered nose is very colourful and profound: notes of faded roses, truffles, spices, wood-smoke, and caramel. beautifully balanced, extremely penetrating, incisive, yet opulent and expansive flavour-- a melange of eidetic fruit and spices that is complex but seamlessly integrated. silken texture, enormous length, brilliant finish echoes and re-echoes
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10/5/2018 - tinybubbles Likes this wine: 98 Points
Initially closed and very dark, this bottle took all of 1.5 hours to open, but wonderful energy on the finish when it did. Tightly packed palate requires close attention and real focus.
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8/4/2018 - Kemo Sabe Likes this wine: 100 Points
Like the Jayer and Rousseau, this was perfection. Perfect cherries, spices, nuance and texture. Driven minerality which gives the wine a precision and clarity that other wines cannot achieve. Long and persistent finish. This is exactly what you would hope for in a DRC RC.
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8/2/2018 - The Vines That Bind wrote: 100 Points
Consistent to my Dec 2016 note. Perfect balance and purity. I don’t see how there could be any more in a wine, this is an image of beauty. Seemingly endless flavours with the spellbinding bouquet to match. Decidedly superior to the La Tâche tonight, which was also excellent. No detailed notes tonight, but this was magic.
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3/10/2017 - tinybubbles Likes this wine: 98 Points
The nose is not as delicate or flirty as the LT, but with more heft on the palate. Exotic spices, light funk, black raspberry, black plum, and cola notes with air time. Showed younger than its age. 98-99+
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12/6/2016 - The Vines That Bind wrote: 99 Points
Romanée-Conti v. La Tâche: Comparable nose to that on the La Tâche but with an added layer of secondary complexity including tobacco leaf. Stemmy florals, red cherries, and layers of secondary and tertiary Vosne spice. On the palate this has aged beautifully and offers firmly secondary red berry fruit flavours with tertiary spices. This was the closing wine of the evening and note writing has slowed down, but this was truly special.
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2/24/2016 - tinybubbles Likes this wine: 98 Points
Fresh baking spice with a hint of violets on the nose. Amalgamated red cherry and black raspberry notes. Tea and light cocoa powder. A still svelte acid core. The nose on this bottle was phenomenal with the palate falling just short of that. Complex and refined.
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2/24/2016 - dream Likes this wine: 97 Points
Truly an extraordinary nose with a kaleidescope of scents including the purest cherries, cinnamon, nutmeg, sweet barnyard and the finest minerals. A 100-pt nose for sure and while the palate didn't quite match it, it came close. The texture is ethereal like the finest silk and the wine delivers classic cherry, violet and spice flavors with this wonderful floral essence and fine but subtle intensity. The finish is lighter but composed of fabulously complex notes of minerals and spices. It is layered but in the most elegant and finesse-driven way. An extraordinary experience to taste. At Latour, Crystal Springs.
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11/4/2015 - lepetitchateau wrote: 98 Points
Green on the nose, a telltale RC give-away. A wow wine on the palate. Geez.... sweet, elegant, intense, astounding intensity and energy but with lightness. Some tomato, iffy and steamy on the nose. Palate is monolithic. Yum.
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12/6/2014 - Dave Canada wrote: 100 Points
The Thirteenth Annual Stonefields Dinner (Guelph, Ontario, Canada): Sheer perfection...
Nose is entoxicating, powerful, enthralling and humbling all at the same time. How did I get to this place...to drink this wine...in this moment? I am a lucky man.
Aromas of spice, mineral, nutmeg, cherry liquor, dried red flowers, earth, soy, orange zest, stems and forrest floor.
The palate is so svelte....layered, pith and pure. Pure tart red fruit, earth, forrest floor, cedar, stems, spice, nutmeg, sandalwood, and violets.
Finish is never ending, the flavours are never ending...this wine never stops. Minutes go by and I still taste it.
I want to cry....but there are all these damn people around. Awesome and jaw dropping wine.
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9/22/2013 - dougie Likes this wine: 97 Points
Jeremy Holmes stated the profile spot on. Never had a wine like this before. So much going on. Opened for an hour. Really hit stride 3 hours later. Only second time in my life with the RC. Had Latache probably a dozen times, and this was quite different.
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10/9/2012 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
The 1978 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Romanée-Conti was on fire, drinking just the way you’d expect and like it to. The aroma was comprised of aniseed, juniper, sandalwood, rose petals, balsamic and a touch of vegemite. In the mouth it was complex, layered, lacy and cerebral. There’s so much going on but it has such great poise and restraint. The finish is full of what the Japanese would term umami and every sip was an absolute delight.
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7/11/2009 - jjclips2 wrote: 97 Points
Kruger's 75th (Corsair): Another DRC when after it is poured, everyone takes a sip, yet no one has anything to say! Absolutely stunning. Very meaty nose, touch gamey? Smoked and cured meats, almonds, bing cherry and plum. Warm spices, delicate touch of forest floor and mushroom. The palate is where everything comes together into a seamless, complex experience. In a very good place right now. The fruit isn't dried out quite yet and the acid and structure is very well alive.
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3/11/2009 - Claret wrote: 99 Points
Now at an age when bottle variation results in a game of Russian roulette. Some bottles make you wonder why anyone ever made a fuss. Other bottles leave you speechless, kneeling down before your glass thanking God you lived long enough to pop the cork. This bottle was definitely in the latter camp. Reducing the experience to a tasting note would be akin to blasphemy.
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6/8/2008 - winecowboy Likes this wine: 99 Points
Unbelievable work of art. Hits every note and the undeniable king of Vosne. At first the La Tache 78 was showing better but once the RC woke up, it was overwhelmingly more sexy, opulent and elegant.
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