At Wine Group Dinner #199 DRC Richebourg Vertical, Harvey's Bistro. This was WOTN with a dense dark cherry colour and a still primary nose of blackberry, raspberry, dark cherries and wild strawberries with touches of roses and Asian spice. The bouquet continue to evolve and change during the too short evening and led into a palate of great intensity and layering that defied gravity to remain weightless and delicious at this early (14 year) stage of development. There is lovely grip and finesse here that recalls the 2009 La Tache drunk here in 2020. This is a very special bottle of Burgundy.
Wine gathering at RJ's; 4/4/2023-4/7/2023 (South Carolina): Intoxicating classic DRC nose displaying perfectly ripe opulent black fruit, blackberry concentrate, black berry liqueur, strong Chinese herbal medicine, rose, stem, sap, roasted coffee bean, exotic incense, smoke, sand crushed rocks. Excellent concentration, layers upon layers of perfectly ripe pure black fruit, rich and opulent but also rich and beautifully detailed, perfect amount of acidity and mineral, and the never ending finish. This is incredibly expressive and drinking perfectly in a youthful way but can easily improve for a couple more decades, gaining sous bois and tertiary notes.
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Truly amazing. Big bold ripe creamy dense sweet lush red fruits. Succulent, silky, dense, pure, and fresh. Long baking spiced drenched finish to boot. Simply a marvel and joy to drink. Length is nearly unbelievable. Perhaps not as nuanced and detailed at this age, this is exquisite. So drinkable and enjoyable. Wow!
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Double decanted two hours beforehand. Nose initially still closed, with a little whiff of piney reduction. On the palate, a crescendo of expanding flavor, quite remarkable, continuing through the lengthy finish. Wild berries showed up on the nose after an hour in the glass. Wonderful.
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A broad shouldered wine still in infancy. A deep nose that with dark black and red fruit being dominant ( black/red berries specifically). Stems are present but not dominant. this. wine has both power and finesse. will likely wait another 3 to 5 to open again. Drank a bottle of 09 rousseau beze the night before that was far more open. 95/96
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Opened in afternoon and double decanted for drinking at dinner. This was also closed when first poured but quickly started to open up over the evening with a nose whilst beautiful was a little more reticent than the 2008. But it was clear that this was the more structured wine with a longer and more complex finish. This too started to unfold over the evening but remained more masculine compared to the 2008. Drinking this next to the 1999 also showed how the wine could possible evolve in a decade with the 1999 demonstrating some early tertiary features. Potential to equal or possible surpass the 1999. Only time will tell.
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Scored more on potential, drinking more like 92. Is it just an awkward phase? Really green aromatics, slightly charred. Palate is tight tight tight. Let this sleep for 5 years and revisit. (13817/15742)
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The 09 DRC Richebourg is obviously flattering with the warmth of the vintage translating to a ripe, fleshy, slightly warm red and black cherry nose, the expected spice notes still evolving. Big, rich, supple palate which finishes well. A question of taste, but I preferred the cool, impactful 08 to the more hedonistic 09
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DRC Zoom Tasting (Mi Casa): Youthful expressive nose displaying rich concentrated black fruit, blackberry, black cherry, espresso, liquid smoke, strong sap, rose, coffee, charred steak, stem, Vosne spice and limestone mineral. Exceptional concentration, layers upon layers of perfectly ripe black fruit, rich yet opulent yet pure and precise, also really silky and fluid, a perfect amount of acidity and mineral, and a long sweet black fruit driven finish with a hint of stem and Vosne spice at the end. Showing better precision than the 09 RSV. This can easily improve for another two or three decades. Perhaps with the best material.
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Fløyel og bær. Hint av clb nesen. Mørk og flott. Slank avslutning. Frukten fader noe og nokså fremtredende tørre tanniner. Har lang tid igjen. Ekstremt lang. Godt grep i munn. Mineralsk.
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I quite liked this wine. Big, structured...just a baby. Primary. Some stems and Vosne spice. excellent dark fruits. Should develop into a great wine in 15-20 years, but still enjoyable now.
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DRC in AZ - Tucson Comes to Scottsdale: Served blind in a large lineup of DRC wines, this was the youngest but it was not identified as the youngest. This has softened up considerably from the last bottle, there's more depth and it's more approachable, while retaining youthful flamboyance. Of course this wine is capable of decades of development, but this vintage comes across as rather precocious and held its own against vintages going back to 1990.
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A sexy and flamboyant Richebourg. Effusive aromas of Asian spice and roses which carry through on the palate. Full bodied and balanced, enjoy now or cellar. This has a long life ahead.
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A serious and detailed nose, somewhat restrained, masculine; structured in the mouth, minerals, a bit angular at the moment. Very long and intense, the most promising wine of the evening.
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Served under hilarious circumstances. The person who was kind enough to serve this, served it blind, and as we contemplated he gave us clues. The clues were wrong! He had pulled the wrong bottle, so we were chasing our tails trying to guess what it was. I was thinking Echezeaux, as it just wasn't giving us much. When the wine was revealed, it was clear why we were getting so little from this wine - infanticide!
DO NOT OPEN THIS WINE FOR AT LEAST A DECADE. It's a total waste. If you have a lot of it and are curious, let it breathe for many hours. Right now it's got so much baby fat and tannin, nobody could even tell it was Richebourg. There was none of the typical Richebourg aroma whatsoever. This is a huge, huge, wine that won't be at peak for at lest another 20 years.
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On arrive maintenant aux deux DRCs servient côte-à-côte…ces vins venant du même millésime ont démontrés beaucoup de similitude au départ, j'avais de la misère à cerner la différence. Le Gr-Ech s'est ouvert en premier et ça a quand même pris une bonne heure avant qu'il se dévoile. Malheureusement pour moi aucun de ces vins ont été des révélations malgré que l'on sent que le Richebourg en a beaucoup à donner, mais quand? Sans doute encore beaucoup trop jeunes et j'aime particulièrement les vieux Bourgognes. Je sais pas trop quoi dire...difficile de les décrire. G-E (92-94pts+?), Richebourg (93-96pts+?). Sorry. Le lendemain je suis aller me faire rembourser mes deux Richebourg 2014 de deux autres producteurs...comme qqn avait dit sur ce forum en dégustation à l'aveugle en Vosne-Romanée il ne sortirait pas nécessairement premier. J'avais dénicher un vieux Richebourg 1973 de DRC il y a 2 ans dans la vente des vieilles bouettes chez Iegor et j'avais drôlement mieux apprécié que ceux-ci. Ouvrir des bouteilles de la sorte en jeunesse est sans doute une énorme erreur que j'ai appris à ce Dreamer.
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Winos' excellent adventure in France; 6/22/2017-6/27/2017 (All over France): Expressive nose displaying decadent yet pure black fruits, blackberry, black cherry, a hint of strawberry, strong stem. sap, coffee, sesame, grilled meat, a hint of Vosne and earth. Exceptional concentration, incredibly layered succulent black fruit, very precise, pure and polished, a perfect amount of acidity and strong mineral presence and a long seamless finish with black fruit and sap at the end. There is so much opulent pure black fruit that I don’t see how this can completely shutdown. This will develop for another half century. So much upside here but perfectly enjoyable.
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Greatest red Burgundy - Wine tasting dinner (Rest FB (kg arr.)): 4 flights tasted: 1. Chambolle Musigny: Denis Mortet 1. cru Aux Beaux Bruns '10 (classical Chambolle, light, elegant, perfect aromas and balance 93-94/100) against Vogué Le Musigny vielles vignes '06 (much more intensity, liquorice and too many tannins - in other words much too young, 91/100) 2. Gevrey-Chambertin: Philippe Pacalet Ruchotte-Chambertin '11 (close to natural wine, a lot of fruit, liquorice, definitely not a typical Bourgogne, 93/100) against Armand Rousseau Le Chambertin '11 (develops positively in the glass, high acidity, fantastic flavours, still very young, never the less I rated i 95/100 based on performance right now, which means it is the winner of this tasting) 3. Vosne Romanee: DRC Richebourg '09 (way too young, very closed and too many tannins, however still a good glass of wine 93/100) against DRC La Täche '09 (deeper colour, even mores closed, more tannin and higher intensity both on the nose and palate - should have waited another 10 years or more, 93/100) 4. Sauternes: Yquem '01 (unbelievable good wine on the nose and palate, extremely good balance - so far the best Sauternes I have ever tasted, It It is not getting better than it is now, just changing towards too many tertiary notes like the 1990. I certainly disagree with Wine Advocate which states drinking window to begin 2030, 98-99/100) against Yquem '90 (Rated 99 by RP - because of the age it is much too oxidative for me (sherry like), almost amber colour, the '01 is so much better 88/100)
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Aired for 4 hours in decanter. Nose is delightful and fresh, and differs a bit from the other wines tonight. Lots of primary fruit here. Mounts of cherries and hints of blackcurrant fills my nose along with black tea, leather, eucalyptus, violets and rose petals. Maybe not as elegant a nose as the Romanee St Vivant, but still very, very good. The taste is full of power and concentration with tons of primary fruit and eucalyptus. The style is a bit different from the other wines, as some of the power and concentration in this wine takes the centre stage from the elegance. Perhaps the most masculine and rustic of the wines. Big, rich and intense wine, but not as complete today as the Romanee St Vivant. As time passes this wine also evolves and shows mushroom, forest floor and hints of lemon peel on the nose and palate. A marvellous wine nonetheless.
50+5+13+17+9 (94p)
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Hands down one of the best Burgundies I've had. My blind guess was La Tache. Intense and immense concentration. Definitly a big burg but very refined. You will struggle to finde a much better wine.
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Vilket underbart vin och väldigt tillgängligt. En otroligt stor och djup doft, massor av elegant och koncentrerad frukt och ändå så otroligt lätt och elegant mitt i denna koncentration av både dofter och smak.
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Was a little grumpy and shy. There were some ground spices, soy and dark fruits. Under the waves of creaminess is a core of mineral and it has a whip of tart cranberry to the finish
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DRC 2007 vs 2009: Klar rød med blåskjær. Mørk, (nesten svidd), nese med superdyp, rik, purpur bærfrukt, pepper, kanel og en nydelig, lett sødme. Bløt frukt, med dyp og mørk, purpur kjerne. Tett struktur. Nydelig munnfølelse; rik og definert, med deilig frukt. Fyldig, men elegant. Lang, så lang ettersmak, med hint av smør, og en deilig bærsødme. Nydelig, rik, og elegant vin. 96+ P
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The normal green nose that very often is the case with DRC´s Richebourg but in the mouth there is an explosion of lovely Vosne spices and blue and red fruit. Very Richebourg like with its soft almost velvet structure. A lot of power though. Great length. Big wine.
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DRC 2009 tasting (Operakällaren, Stockholm): Medium red colour. Dark and some red berries, noticeable minerality, some mint, discrete liquorice notes with hints of tar and animal notes, a touch of herbal character. Initially a closed nose that hints at hidden power, but it grew in the glass and then also showed more toasted oak barrel notes. Dark berries on the palate, some sweetness of fruit in the attack, very mineral mid-palate, powerful but well integrated tannin. Definitely young, great potential, 94+
Today, Richebourg 09 is a little more “difficult” than DRC Romanée-Saint-Vivant 09, but it could possibly have greater potential for development.
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Tasted at the DRC tasting against the rest of the 2009 line up. The color is deep and dark. On the nose its green and have some (allot) of smoke tones. The taste is long, deep and powerful, with generous & ripe dark fruits. The wine is incredibly soft but yet deep and complex, and the taste just goes on and on forever. It has a certain dignified coolness to the deep taste that I have not experienced before. It does have a bit of stalk taste present, but this just ads and extra and interesting layer to it. A brilliant wine that will develop into something even bigger!
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10/19/2023 - Palisades57 Likes this wine: 98 Points
Superb. See prior tasters notes.
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9/13/2023 - drjb Likes this wine: 98 Points
At Wine Group Dinner #199 DRC Richebourg Vertical, Harvey's Bistro. This was WOTN with a dense dark cherry colour and a still primary nose of blackberry, raspberry, dark cherries and wild strawberries with touches of roses and Asian spice. The bouquet continue to evolve and change during the too short evening and led into a palate of great intensity and layering that defied gravity to remain weightless and delicious at this early (14 year) stage of development. There is lovely grip and finesse here that recalls the 2009 La Tache drunk here in 2020. This is a very special bottle of Burgundy.
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4/6/2023 - dcwino wrote: 98 Points
Wine gathering at RJ's; 4/4/2023-4/7/2023 (South Carolina): Intoxicating classic DRC nose displaying perfectly ripe opulent black fruit, blackberry concentrate, black berry liqueur, strong Chinese herbal medicine, rose, stem, sap, roasted coffee bean, exotic incense, smoke, sand crushed rocks. Excellent concentration, layers upon layers of perfectly ripe pure black fruit, rich and opulent but also rich and beautifully detailed, perfect amount of acidity and mineral, and the never ending finish. This is incredibly expressive and drinking perfectly in a youthful way but can easily improve for a couple more decades, gaining sous bois and tertiary notes.
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3/9/2023 - KenK Likes this wine: 98 Points
Truly amazing. Big bold ripe creamy dense sweet lush red fruits. Succulent, silky, dense, pure, and fresh. Long baking spiced drenched finish to boot. Simply a marvel and joy to drink. Length is nearly unbelievable. Perhaps not as nuanced and detailed at this age, this is exquisite. So drinkable and enjoyable. Wow!
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7/9/2022 - ocassiuso Likes this wine:
Double decanted two hours beforehand. Nose initially still closed, with a little whiff of piney reduction. On the palate, a crescendo of expanding flavor, quite remarkable, continuing through the lengthy finish. Wild berries showed up on the nose after an hour in the glass. Wonderful.
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9/6/2021 - fatboi Likes this wine: 95 Points
A broad shouldered wine still in infancy. A deep nose that with dark black and red fruit being dominant ( black/red berries specifically). Stems are present but not dominant. this. wine has both power and finesse. will likely wait another 3 to 5 to open again. Drank a bottle of 09 rousseau beze the night before that was far more open. 95/96
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9/5/2021 - levicn Likes this wine: 95 Points
淡宝石红色，闻香比上一支含蓄一些，有明显人参香，白石灰，木质气息和香草味，入口酸度中高，单宁细腻得感觉不到，酒液咸，强烈的人参味，草本感强烈，胜过果香，一种很难形容的复杂香气，对于第一次喝DRC的我来说，这种香味对比勃艮第其它酒庄可以用迥异来形容。后段是草本植物清凉混合着辛辣感，酒体在口中有茶感，伴随着甘草味，回甘强烈，生津不止。2009年的里奇堡，给我最大的感觉就是古典、深沉，已经越过了青涩时期，发展到一个相对平和的状态，单宁的质感非常舒服，香气开场并不觉惊艳，但在口中中后段不断释放，延绵不绝的输出，厚积薄发，令人赞叹，余味是漂亮香草，完美收尾。酒还远远没有达到巅峰。
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8/20/2021 - LB88 wrote: 95 Points
Opened in afternoon and double decanted for drinking at dinner. This was also closed when first poured but quickly started to open up over the evening with a nose whilst beautiful was a little more reticent than the 2008. But it was clear that this was the more structured wine with a longer and more complex finish. This too started to unfold over the evening but remained more masculine compared to the 2008. Drinking this next to the 1999 also showed how the wine could possible evolve in a decade with the 1999 demonstrating some early tertiary features. Potential to equal or possible surpass the 1999. Only time will tell.
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6/24/2021 - fcxj wrote: 94 Points
Scored more on potential, drinking more like 92. Is it just an awkward phase? Really green aromatics, slightly charred. Palate is tight tight tight. Let this sleep for 5 years and revisit. (13817/15742)
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3/20/2021 - WIBA Likes this wine: 94 Points
Batard- decanted for 6 hours but still young. dark ruby color, rich and concentrated. Savory and full body. Dense. Need more time. Big wine
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1/8/2021 - CamWheeler wrote: flawed
SLDS New Year (Quay, Sydney): Too odd to be a correct bottle. Gin botanicals, butter and yeasty. Didn't blow off with time.
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10/18/2020 - englishman's claret wrote: 96 Points
The 09 DRC Richebourg is obviously flattering with the warmth of the vintage translating to a ripe, fleshy, slightly warm red and black cherry nose, the expected spice notes still evolving. Big, rich, supple palate which finishes well. A question of taste, but I preferred the cool, impactful 08 to the more hedonistic 09
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6/2/2020 - dcwino wrote: 97 Points
DRC Zoom Tasting (Mi Casa): Youthful expressive nose displaying rich concentrated black fruit, blackberry, black cherry, espresso, liquid smoke, strong sap, rose, coffee, charred steak, stem, Vosne spice and limestone mineral. Exceptional concentration, layers upon layers of perfectly ripe black fruit, rich yet opulent yet pure and precise, also really silky and fluid, a perfect amount of acidity and mineral, and a long sweet black fruit driven finish with a hint of stem and Vosne spice at the end. Showing better precision than the 09 RSV. This can easily improve for another two or three decades. Perhaps with the best material.
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3/1/2020 - Jowh wrote: 95 Points
Fløyel og bær. Hint av clb nesen.
Mørk og flott. Slank avslutning. Frukten fader noe og nokså fremtredende tørre tanniner. Har lang tid igjen. Ekstremt lang. Godt grep i munn. Mineralsk.
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2/3/2020 - rnellans wrote: 96 Points
I quite liked this wine. Big, structured...just a baby. Primary. Some stems and Vosne spice. excellent dark fruits. Should develop into a great wine in 15-20 years, but still enjoyable now.
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1/31/2020 - Alex G. Likes this wine:
DRC in AZ - Tucson Comes to Scottsdale: Served blind in a large lineup of DRC wines, this was the youngest but it was not identified as the youngest. This has softened up considerably from the last bottle, there's more depth and it's more approachable, while retaining youthful flamboyance. Of course this wine is capable of decades of development, but this vintage comes across as rather precocious and held its own against vintages going back to 1990.
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9/30/2019 - Lipsman Likes this wine: 96 Points
A sexy and flamboyant Richebourg. Effusive aromas of Asian spice and roses which carry through on the palate. Full bodied and balanced, enjoy now or cellar. This has a long life ahead.
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3/31/2019 - tinybubbles Likes this wine: 95 Points
Delicate floral and sweet spice nose. Closed palate with good substance but little to show for it yet on the backpalate and finish. 95+
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10/21/2018 - LWI wrote: 93 Points
A serious and detailed nose, somewhat restrained, masculine; structured in the mouth, minerals, a bit angular at the moment. Very long and intense, the most promising wine of the evening.
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3/30/2018 - Alex G. Likes this wine:
Served under hilarious circumstances. The person who was kind enough to serve this, served it blind, and as we contemplated he gave us clues. The clues were wrong! He had pulled the wrong bottle, so we were chasing our tails trying to guess what it was. I was thinking Echezeaux, as it just wasn't giving us much. When the wine was revealed, it was clear why we were getting so little from this wine - infanticide!
DO NOT OPEN THIS WINE FOR AT LEAST A DECADE. It's a total waste. If you have a lot of it and are curious, let it breathe for many hours. Right now it's got so much baby fat and tannin, nobody could even tell it was Richebourg. There was none of the typical Richebourg aroma whatsoever. This is a huge, huge, wine that won't be at peak for at lest another 20 years.
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11/4/2017 - jee27 wrote: 93 Points
On arrive maintenant aux deux DRCs servient côte-à-côte…ces vins venant du même millésime ont démontrés beaucoup de similitude au départ, j'avais de la misère à cerner la différence. Le Gr-Ech s'est ouvert en premier et ça a quand même pris une bonne heure avant qu'il se dévoile. Malheureusement pour moi aucun de ces vins ont été des révélations malgré que l'on sent que le Richebourg en a beaucoup à donner, mais quand? Sans doute encore beaucoup trop jeunes et j'aime particulièrement les vieux Bourgognes. Je sais pas trop quoi dire...difficile de les décrire. G-E (92-94pts+?), Richebourg (93-96pts+?). Sorry. Le lendemain je suis aller me faire rembourser mes deux Richebourg 2014 de deux autres producteurs...comme qqn avait dit sur ce forum en dégustation à l'aveugle en Vosne-Romanée il ne sortirait pas nécessairement premier. J'avais dénicher un vieux Richebourg 1973 de DRC il y a 2 ans dans la vente des vieilles bouettes chez Iegor et j'avais drôlement mieux apprécié que ceux-ci. Ouvrir des bouteilles de la sorte en jeunesse est sans doute une énorme erreur que j'ai appris à ce Dreamer.
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9/9/2017 - BradE wrote:
Favre-a-thon 6.0: Quite sexy for a youngster, and a crowd pleaser. Should be great over time, and is a nice "young" DRC to open early.
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6/25/2017 - dcwino wrote: 97 Points
Winos' excellent adventure in France; 6/22/2017-6/27/2017 (All over France): Expressive nose displaying decadent yet pure black fruits, blackberry, black cherry, a hint of strawberry, strong stem. sap, coffee, sesame, grilled meat, a hint of Vosne and earth. Exceptional concentration, incredibly layered succulent black fruit, very precise, pure and polished, a perfect amount of acidity and strong mineral presence and a long seamless finish with black fruit and sap at the end. There is so much opulent pure black fruit that I don’t see how this can completely shutdown. This will develop for another half century. So much upside here but perfectly enjoyable.
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6/16/2017 - engelbrekts wrote: 96 Points
Extraordinary rich and dense wine. The very essence of why you love wine. Despite being young fully drinkable. This will last forever
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2/3/2017 - Kim Gerner wrote: 93 Points
Greatest red Burgundy - Wine tasting dinner (Rest FB (kg arr.)): 4 flights tasted:
1. Chambolle Musigny: Denis Mortet 1. cru Aux Beaux Bruns '10 (classical Chambolle, light, elegant, perfect aromas and balance 93-94/100) against Vogué Le Musigny vielles vignes '06 (much more intensity, liquorice and too many tannins - in other words much too young, 91/100)
2. Gevrey-Chambertin: Philippe Pacalet Ruchotte-Chambertin '11 (close to natural wine, a lot of fruit, liquorice, definitely not a typical Bourgogne, 93/100) against Armand Rousseau Le Chambertin '11 (develops positively in the glass, high acidity, fantastic flavours, still very young, never the less I rated i 95/100 based on performance right now, which means it is the winner of this tasting)
3. Vosne Romanee: DRC Richebourg '09 (way too young, very closed and too many tannins, however still a good glass of wine 93/100) against DRC La Täche '09 (deeper colour, even mores closed, more tannin and higher intensity both on the nose and palate - should have waited another 10 years or more, 93/100)
4. Sauternes: Yquem '01 (unbelievable good wine on the nose and palate, extremely good balance - so far the best Sauternes I have ever tasted, It It is not getting better than it is now, just changing towards too many tertiary notes like the 1990. I certainly disagree with Wine Advocate which states drinking window to begin 2030, 98-99/100) against Yquem '90 (Rated 99 by RP - because of the age it is much too oxidative for me (sherry like), almost amber colour, the '01 is so much better 88/100)
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1/30/2017 - tinybubbles Likes this wine: 95 Points
Quite open today with black fruit, Richebourg spice and lovely soil tones. 95+
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11/17/2016 - tinybubbles Likes this wine: 94 Points
Rich deep fruit, spice notes and hints of black truffle. Should obviously develop nuance and complexity but quite enjoyable today. 94-95
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9/24/2016 - Shiaxonna wrote: 94 Points
Aired for 4 hours in decanter. Nose is delightful and fresh, and differs a bit from the other wines tonight. Lots of primary fruit here. Mounts of cherries and hints of blackcurrant fills my nose along with black tea, leather, eucalyptus, violets and rose petals. Maybe not as elegant a nose as the Romanee St Vivant, but still very, very good. The taste is full of power and concentration with tons of primary fruit and eucalyptus. The style is a bit different from the other wines, as some of the power and concentration in this wine takes the centre stage from the elegance. Perhaps the most masculine and rustic of the wines. Big, rich and intense wine, but not as complete today as the Romanee St Vivant. As time passes this wine also evolves and shows mushroom, forest floor and hints of lemon peel on the nose and palate. A marvellous wine nonetheless.
50+5+13+17+9 (94p)
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8/28/2016 - MWiking Likes this wine: 97 Points
vinet har en näsa som är helt fantastisk, ett djup som aldrig tar slut.
klockren och precis så ursprungstypisk riktigt bra bourgogne ska vara.
magi
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8/26/2016 - Tavastgatan wrote: 97 Points
Hands down one of the best Burgundies I've had. My blind guess was La Tache. Intense and immense concentration. Definitly a big burg but very refined. You will struggle to finde a much better wine.
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8/25/2016 - FamilyLarsson wrote: 96 Points
Vilket underbart vin och väldigt tillgängligt. En otroligt stor och djup doft, massor av elegant och koncentrerad frukt och ändå så otroligt lätt och elegant mitt i denna koncentration av både dofter och smak.
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7/13/2015 - noppakit s. wrote: 98 Points
Bottle No. 03676/15742
Young but super good, very delicious, amazing stunning with the 3 layers aftertaste that takes a very long to be finished.
When it's getting old, I will miss this kind of power very much I know. So I should drink it at this stage again someday soon.
The 3nd Best 2009 under La Tache and La Romanee.
Drink now-2060
97-99/100
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11/13/2012 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
Was a little grumpy and shy. There were some ground spices, soy and dark fruits. Under the waves of creaminess is a core of mineral and it has a whip of tart cranberry to the finish
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9/26/2012 - -E- wrote: 96 Points
DRC 2007 vs 2009: Klar rød med blåskjær. Mørk, (nesten svidd), nese med superdyp, rik, purpur bærfrukt, pepper, kanel og en nydelig, lett sødme. Bløt frukt, med dyp og mørk, purpur kjerne. Tett struktur. Nydelig munnfølelse; rik og definert, med deilig frukt. Fyldig, men elegant. Lang, så lang ettersmak, med hint av smør, og en deilig bærsødme. Nydelig, rik, og elegant vin.
96+ P
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5/9/2012 - St Paul wrote: 97 Points
The normal green nose that very often is the case with DRC´s Richebourg but in the mouth there is an explosion of lovely Vosne spices and blue and red fruit. Very Richebourg like with its soft almost velvet structure. A lot of power though. Great length. Big wine.
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5/8/2012 - Vintomas wrote: 94 Points
DRC 2009 tasting (Operakällaren, Stockholm): Medium red colour. Dark and some red berries, noticeable minerality, some mint, discrete liquorice notes with hints of tar and animal notes, a touch of herbal character. Initially a closed nose that hints at hidden power, but it grew in the glass and then also showed more toasted oak barrel notes. Dark berries on the palate, some sweetness of fruit in the attack, very mineral mid-palate, powerful but well integrated tannin. Definitely young, great potential, 94+
Today, Richebourg 09 is a little more “difficult” than DRC Romanée-Saint-Vivant 09, but it could possibly have greater potential for development.
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5/8/2012 - Ramberg wrote: 97 Points
Tasted at the DRC tasting against the rest of the 2009 line up.
The color is deep and dark.
On the nose its green and have some (allot) of smoke tones.
The taste is long, deep and powerful, with generous & ripe dark fruits.
The wine is incredibly soft but yet deep and complex, and the taste just goes on and on forever.
It has a certain dignified coolness to the deep taste that I have not experienced before.
It does have a bit of stalk taste present, but this just ads and extra and interesting layer to it.
A brilliant wine that will develop into something even bigger!
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6/2/2010 - ricknat1 wrote:
From Barrel: Malo just started. Nose is dark and intense. Hard to read
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