The 99 DRC Richebourg exhibited minerals, iron, dark fruit, chalk, stems, black tea, wilted flowers and spice. It had latent and humble power which expanded in the glass in an effortless way.
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This wine has it all. Depth, power, grip, density, gravitas, aromatics, earth and a healthy dose of je ne sais quois. I like my richebourg on the powerful side so this was an ideal window for me to taste this again. Did not disappoint.
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The first time I’ve had this that it was “open”, recognizing that’s a relative term with this vintage of DRC Richebourg. It was nice to be drinking and enjoying this vintage, rather than hypothesizing about its future. Still early days, but we got a better read than usual.
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Powerful, black fruited wine but the power is blended with harmony and grace. My kind of burgundy. Really defies description. I last had this 5 years ago and it is drinking better now. Can last a lot longer and glad I have one left but don’t know how long I can keep my hands off it.
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Dark, rich, massive, spicy, juicy. Has a bit of the chalky feel, some mushrooms as well; a real '99 and most certainly to young - needs five years at least. 93++ #IB
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Wow, quite a nose - silky, rich, heavy and a bit green/stalky quality. The palate is a touch murky from travel to the restaurant, but the quality is there. Almost dirty on the palate, sauvage red fruit and power to spare. Give this even more time to allow the transparency to equal the wine's power and guts.
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DRC made near perfect ‘99’s and this Richebourg is no exception. It is so deeply pitched and youthful. There’s an intense core of dark cherry fruit. It has some light florals and a hint of black tea. It is direct and detailed, compact and so long. The wine envelops the mouth with luscious, spicy flavours and every sip unlocks something special. Too young but so good.
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Domaine Romanee Conti Lunch (Phoenix, AZ USA): This flight was a trio of 99 GE, Richebourg, and RSV served blind. Our experienced group of Burgundy drinkers was totally humiliated, we almost did worse than if we had guessed randomly. Going to chalk this up to the fact that the 99 vintage is still so young and tightly wound that the vineyard distinctions haven't yet come to the fore. Then again, maybe the staff messed up and didn't keep the wines in the proper order during the blind tasting - a discussion we had at the table we were so shocked. In any case, it's clear 99 will be a great vintage, but these probably shouldn't be opened for another decade. Very grateful to have been able to try these special wines, alas we only get a glimpse at this early stage.
This was my favorite of the flight. It was the softest and most expressive, i.e. the most ready to drink today. For this reason I thought it was the GE, and was astounded to learn it was the Richebourg. In any case, the purity of fruit was superb, and while this is the most ready to drink today it clearly has decades ahead of it.
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This bottle should not be open yet, everything is still in the front palate. Bottle decant for 5 hours, beautiful aroma, that blue, very richebourg. Earthy, floral, high acidity. This bottle is definitely more powerful and muscular than Jean gros 90 and gros FS 03&98.
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A massive wine but unlike the ‘99 La Tâche this is showing DRC stems, florals, and outrageous levels of spice. More giving and showy, although I would also say should not be opened yet. Muscular, firm, dense. Different from the ‘00 Leroy Richebourg alongside which shows more lush. Also much more powerful and tightly wound than the very showy bottle of ’00 DRC Richebourg on Monday night.
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DRC @ WS: So dark and brooding, tight and coiled it wasn't even drinkable for the first hour in the glass. Just too much. Time did soften it, but even the last sip of the night was intense. A hedonistic experience at this time, but seems like it will last forever. Drink in 20 years.
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Ruby in the glass; no notable bricking. On the nose, initially a bit tight but unfurls nicely to reveal black cherry, cranberry, blood orange, tea, dried flowers, incense, earth, and a mélange of herbs and spices, with a lovely cool mint overlay. On the palate, good density with sour cherry, earth, orange zest and herbal type elements coming to the fore on the finish. While extremely pleasurable today with some air, I think the best is yet to come for this wine. Likely 10-15 years from apogee. Tremendous upside.
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Very long life ahead but based on the two glasses we received from a generous friend in the restaurant also very drinkable now with a little air. Purity and aromatics are excellent. Seductive.
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Bottle 13604. DRC Riche 99 is a sensational drop. My third time and it’s consistently great. It marries the sweetness of the vintage with the slight green notes from the stems which here add an extra dimension. Sweet stems is just a delicious combo and then the when the terroir expresses itself you are lying in awe. Sour cherry, Earl grey tea, touch of bay leaf, cranberry sap, kaleidoscopic and complete. Certainly a point as these 99 DRCs have been in a nice spot for the last 4 years I find. But of course there is ample room for development. But finding them on restaurant lists is getting rare as hen’s teeth...
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It was as I remembered although I should hve considered opening this bottle from abt lunchtime for dinner drinking. This was as I remembered beautiful from start to finish. This is just such a brooding monster of a wine. Awesome tertiary flavours waft effortlessly from the glass, truffles, earth, cedar, cigar and these kept evolving through the evening. This is clearly one wine that is going to hve a very long drinking window. Drank next to the very feminine but beautiful 2008 and the structured powerful 2009 that may or may not surpass this benchmark wine!
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Took 3+ hours to open up even so be patient. Quite reticent at the outset with feral elements and more generosity on the palate than aromatics. (1636/14772)
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Sommelier Appreciation Dinner 2020 (The Brown Residence): Expressive youthful nose displaying intense red fruit with a hint of black, strong stem that has not been fully resolved, more animal than usual, Vosne sprice, rose, Chinese medicine, cedar and crushed rocks. Exceptional concentration, layers upon layers of concentrated red and black fruit, dense yet refined, perfect amount of acidity, strong mineral and a long concentrated red and black fruit driven finish with stem and Chinese medicine at the end. Still needs time.
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Drank at Le cinq 20th anniversary one of the best richebourg I have ever had. And got better and better as the night progressed. Beautiful well integrated classic Burgundian with barnyard flavors, tobacco, leather but full of fruits and just went on forever!
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01864/14772. Just on fire vintage, so spicy, so energetic, so much going on. There is already a little display of secondary dried tea and asian spice flavors, with of course much more to come. Utterly representative of DRC. 95+
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1999 DRC Horizontal. You can hear the angels on this one. Everything goes silent. The animale, the lift, the energy and the sweetness of aromatics sucks you in. Almost incongruous with incredible mineralite. The complexity, refinement and clarity is quite profound. (10141/14772)
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I love 1999 DRC and getting a chance to drink those wines is always an immense privilege (as for drinking they were made - not for speculation!). So it was with immense excitement that my good friend and I were sharing this after a lovely Meursault from Roulot and before a Haut Brion 1990, nice lunch table ;-) Having had a perfect bottle of this wine a few months back I was curious to see if it could repeat this performance. The answer was yes and no. Yes, the nose was in the very same league (please also see previous TN) and you could just sniff this all day long. Fine Vosne spices, Asian spices, earl grey tea, sweet red fruits wafting from the glass - the wine draws you into the glass. The plate is sweet and savoury, tons of umami. While the previous bottle was just whistle clean and the finish was longer and the nuances even more ample this bottle while great just didn't quite deliver this and just fell short of perfection. Part of the fault was that at times the wine got a bit too warm in busy restaurant and after putting the decanter back on ice it was markedly better. And then I guess there is always a slight bottle variation with a natural product at age 20. That should however take nothing away from the greatness of this wine. Not sure I am going to be lucky enough to drink this a third time, I can only keep my fingers crossed. Bottle 5205/14772
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Still very, very young. Intense, powerful, balanced, spicy red and dark fruits. Classic Richebourg expression. Will be even greater in the future. Cellared since original release.
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Quick taste: fresh, vibrant, and still youthful. Spice and dark fruit perfectly balanced by acidity. Drinking very well, with a seemingly endless life ahead. Very smooth. 95+
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I am hopeful for the future - seeing this is 96 on CT means there is going to be a potentially higher floor to climb and explore in life, in wine. My score does not reflect that promised land. For me this is perfection in a glass. From the first sniff... this unbelievable symmetry, sous bois, wild strawberrys, earl grey, macerated cherries, sweetness and savouriness. It is really difficult to pack in words but I am trying. Decanted for one hour before consumption. Open for business. First without food overtaking all senses, a course of foie gras semi cooked proves too much and distracts from this beauty which wants to stand on its own. So we pause for an hour. Served from Zalto Burgundy, the palate follows the promise of the nose. Ultra pure. Ethereal. Sweet. Long. Hot and cool. Very similar indeed to a stellar GE 99 DRC tasted half a year ago. Better by the breadth of a hair? Tough to say for certain but probably the wine with a tad more potential. For today’s drinkability similar but Riche seems more substantial still. Wow, I feel like having gone to heaven. This wine won’t give me the hangover, the realisation that I won’t be able to afford this (often) again will. Why does the market have to be so right???? Drink now - 2040 Bottle 13471/14772
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For LDPH2. Crazy good with layers of red and blue fruits, exotic spice, incredible complexity. Most stunning part was the mouthfeel(4hr. Decant) that was just so luxurious. Iron fist in the velvet golove for sure. I suppose if it had a finish that went to bed with me I’d have upped the score to perfection, alas though very long, it was not one of those super penetrating wines that just won’t quit on the finish until bedtime. Nonetheless a stunner with 20 years of positive evolution in front of it though no crime in pulling a cork as long as you give it a good decant. 97+.
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Wow, what a closer! Pop and pour and this monster was really strutting its stuff. Very sexy wine, with deep brooding intensity and hedonistic, flirty nuances. It is difficult to imagine one could ever get tired of drinking this profoundly complex, balanced, utterly delicious wine.
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this was served from a bottle in pristine condition, and unfortunately was a bit of a let down. we gave it a good 60 minute decant, kept revisiting it over the course of 3 hours but it never opened up. if this is a representative showing I assume it requires another 5-10 years
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NM DRC v L RSV R dinner. Wow levels of energy, minerality and structure. Clearly more autumnal, black fruited than Leroy 99 Richebourg. Preferred DRC to Leroy here, first time. (5436/14772)
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Favre-a-thon 6.0: Still a bit tough and unyielding, the 99 is just starting to present what I suspect (hope?) will be its beauty. I'd counsel against opening these, as they just aren't showing enough yet.
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DRC 1999 tasting, impeccable provenance. wine nr 3. Dark intense color, incipient brick rim. Young mesmerising nose with wild flowers, cherries, chocolate and wet strawberries. Round big tannins, soft elegant mouthfeel, astonishing purity. Natural feeling. Between Romanee-Conti and La Tache in character, has both power and fine-tuned elegance. Beautiful wine!! 95p
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Deep rich and full wine. I agree with Christine Havens description in her note. This one, unlike the 99 G.E. which was served at the same time and held steady during the dinner) kept improving over the course of the meal and might have been even better the second day. I liked it more than the 99 La Tache I had recently as this was fuller and richer, but that's just a matter of taste.
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I've been holding off on posting notes for months, DRC is admittedly, an intimidating wine to write about. The 1999 Richebourg is a pinnacle wine, the sweetest nocturne, a walled-in garden of the soul. Heady, slowly unfurling layers of rose petals, dark loamy earth, mahogany wood, black cherry, crab apple, game, and forest floor. On the palate, pure silkiness knit together by a mesh of finely wrought tannins, it's timeless, graceful, pure—and at the end, a comet's tail of sediment in the glass.
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Still too young but a great burgundy in the making. After a couple of hours it began to open slightly. Very large scaled wine with notes of spice, earth and dark cherries. While a very pleasurable wine today I would guess in another 5 years this will begin to really impress. 97+ for potential.
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Nose of earth, stones, and dry earth with a surprising overall flatness. Palate emerged as somewhat tart and acidic with light vanilla and wood flavors developing with time along with cherry. Not the best showing for this wine but still very enjoyable. Bottle from domaine.
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This was initially too intense to even describe. It was explosive, kirsch and granache bomb, with spices intense and exotic. After about an hour it calmed downed and you could better appreciate the purity of fruit and the more manageable intensity. Had side by side with the 1990. This is clearly the better wine but not nearly ready to truly enjoy but fantastic to sample it's magnificence
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Of the 2 DRC GC at Burgundy Thursday this was the more feminine wine. Polished, smelling of both nice red and dark fruits. Spicy in that Vosne-Romanee way, a touch of anise, but the floral smell was a bit more Roses. My father grew red roses for most of his life and this was in it. That smell after they have been cut and the life is just starting to slip out. A very attractive compliment to the spice, fruit and the last hints of oak manifesting in subtle vanilla. While I rated the La Tache a point higher, its probably purely for the lavender, which I like so much. This however would be the year that I think to be more desirable. again the wine was seamless. Great finish, perfect acid and melted tannin. A very different type of experience than with other reds like Syrah or Bordeaux blends. Touches the emotional side of your brain much more than trying to break it down intellectually. Fantastic wine, but I won't be chasing this Burgundy moment again. Wonderful to have it no doubt, but the Charmes -Chambertin, by Rousseau was equally a great burg moment and nowhere in the same price category. I also love Chambertin to begin with. Thanks for the generous wine moment Mark and Claudia.
Popped poured at Rob Morrisons. Beguiling nose; spice wood earth extraordinary violet perfume, complex and evolving. First taste after 5 mins a little tight but 10 mins later opened up wonderfully. Within 1/2 hour hit its stride and incredibly deep and complex. Best Burgundy I've ever had. Stunning.
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Wow! Truely impressive wine with seemingly endless layers of dense dark fruit. Also an umami component here that reminds me of kelp along with the chinese herb store smell that I find so often in young drc richebourg. Not ready for prime time drinking, but just incredible.
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We drank this wine along side the Anne Gros Richebourg 2002. What a treat it was to taste wine with such finesse! The wine started to open up after 10 minutes or so after being poured. It was elegant yet it possessed a strong current beneath. The nose was full of delicious berries, and the taste was a harmony of luscious red fruit, spices and mineral and a slight tint of charcoal. Beautifully balanced and worth 101 points. Long velvety finish. Truly a beauty.
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Dinner with a few burgundies (Fook Lam Moon, Hong Kong): Dark and dense when poured, this was clearly not going to be your garden variety pinot. Tight and closed at first, it began to open up after 15 mins of aeration, throwing off incense-like seams of camphor, soy, dried herbs, wet soil/forest floor. Very big for a pinot, it almost had the body and texture of a bordeaux (as Mrs L kindly put it), packed with a mind-boggling multi-dimentional array of cherry and berry flavours, all overlaid with that sweet camphor incense in the background. The finish lingered for at least a minute. So this is what you get for parting company with that thick wad of precious wine dollars -- a brush with the subliminal glory of the pinot noir grape in the able hands of DRC.
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Orta üstü yoğunlukta lal taşı ile kızıl arası renkte. Burnu oldukça karmaşık ve katmanlı. Olgun siyah meyvelerin öncülüğündeki aromaları animal notlar, et, baharat ve toprak ile hafif puro kutusu kokusu izliyor. Güçlü gövdesini diri asidi ve sağlam tanen yapısı destekliyor. Olağanüstü konsantre, kaslı ve diri. Tüm gücüne rağmen zarif bir denge sergiliyor ve etkisi uzun sure damaktan silinmiyor.
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Orta üstü yoğunlukta lal taşı ile kızıl arası renkte. Burnu oldukça karmaşık ve katmanlı. Olgun siyah meyvelerin öncülüğündeki aromaları animal notlar, et, baharat ve toprak ile hafif puro kutusu kokusu izliyor. Güçlü gövdesini diri asidi ve sağlam tanen yapısı destekliyor. Olağanüstü konsantre, kaslı ve diri. Tüm gücüne rağmen zarif bir denge sergiliyor ve etkisi uzun sure damaktan silinmiyor.
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Orta üstü yoğunlukta lal taşı ile kızıl arası renkte. Burnu oldukça karmaşık ve katmanlı. Olgun siyah meyvelerin öncülüğündeki aromaları animal notlar, et, baharat ve toprak ile hafif puro kutusu kokusu izliyor. Güçlü gövdesini diri asidi ve sağlam tanen yapısı destekliyor. Olağanüstü konsantre, kaslı ve diri. Tüm gücüne rağmen zarif bir denge sergiliyor ve etkisi uzun sure damaktan silinmiyor.
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Purple to the edge. On the nose, smoke and cherries. Tastes balanced by acidity, bright and long flavors, rich, smokey, young. Leave for eight years or more. Try again in 2018.
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1999 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Richebourg (Frankrijk, Bourgogne, Côte de Nuits, Richebourg Grand Cru) Kleur: Diep geconcentreerd robijnrood Aroma / bouquet: Uitgesproken expressieve en krachtige neus. Mineralig / zoutig. Leren zadel, animaal / boers. AB-SO-LU-TE snuffelwijn. Primair fruit zowel bosaardbeien, aalbessen als framboosjes. Smaak / Afdronk: Krachtig, geconcentreerde power. Uitgesproken maar niet dominante zuren, krachtige maar ronde tannines. Prachtige lange afdronk. Ook retronasaal komt het rode fruit mooi terug. Algemeen / potentieel: Mooie wijn. Maar, dè les van de avond: niet al te lang bewaren. 50 + Kleur: 5 + Aroma / bouquet: 13 + Smaak / Afdronk: 17 + Algemeen / potentieel: 8 = 93/100
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The Paulee de Hersh (Casa Hersh): Tight and unyielding. Blind, I would not have been near DRC with my guess. Others saw through its youth to future greatness - that's not a skill I have in abundance. Contrast to a recent 99 La Tache, where greatness was obvious.
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One of my favorite Richebourgs, and I somehow lucked into drinking this twice in two weeks. This is a big wine, intense, rich and well-shouldered. Awfully young but awfully delicious.
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G7 (Dave): Overripe cherries. Big and rich but a bit monolithic. Made very much in the style of an extracted California Pinot Noir. Nonetheless, a very nice wine but definitely out of place with the others.
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Dark blue in the glass. Intense scents of flowers, cherries, cranberries, and pencil shavings coming out of the glass. Largely structured with marvellous density and fatness, a model texture of velvet and silk, intensity of flavour and complexity that makes the head spin. It's like a buzz in the head and tunnel vision to follow. Impeccable structure and delightfully intense flavours of red fruits, this is another example of the perfect marriage of power and grace. The wine was in the glass for a good two hours, and it just got better and better. Being fully aware that Grand Cru Burgundy should age for 25+ years, I found myself asking whether a wine needs to taste better than this. I can only agree with Robert Parker on his recent scoring of this wine. Not sure whether his score relates to potential, but mine related to present day drinking. I've got two bottles left, and it will be hard to keep my hands off those. Of course, this note of advice is for people who enjoy primary wines. Soft, and seductive this wine is, with a finish that goes on forever. An easy call. 100 points
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4/26/2024 - Burgnick Likes this wine: 96 Points
The 99 DRC Richebourg exhibited minerals, iron, dark fruit, chalk, stems, black tea, wilted flowers and spice. It had latent and humble power which expanded in the glass in an effortless way.
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3/29/2024 - Topper wrote: 99 Points
This wine has it all. Depth, power, grip, density, gravitas, aromatics, earth and a healthy dose of je ne sais quois. I like my richebourg on the powerful side so this was an ideal window for me to taste this again. Did not disappoint.
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1/26/2024 - Alex G. wrote: flawed
Another flawed bottle today the 90's DRC's are killing us. VA and corked too.
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1/19/2024 - steinersing wrote: 95 Points
For my taste this is drinking at peak attractiveness now. Wonderful PN. Will probably grow a little more in complexity.
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11/16/2023 - hprphf wrote: 94 Points
Premier Cru Table (The Fifth Avenue Hotel): 12524/14772. Love the vintage aromatics, so much going on, dark with superb power, somewhat thinner than I remembered. 94
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5/15/2023 - BradE wrote:
The first time I’ve had this that it was “open”, recognizing that’s a relative term with this vintage of DRC Richebourg. It was nice to be drinking and enjoying this vintage, rather than hypothesizing about its future. Still early days, but we got a better read than usual.
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4/6/2023 - BradE wrote:
Still way too young, and a wine of the future.
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12/15/2022 - Topper wrote: 99 Points
Powerful, black fruited wine but the power is blended with harmony and grace. My kind of burgundy. Really defies description. I last had this 5 years ago and it is drinking better now. Can last a lot longer and glad I have one left but don’t know how long I can keep my hands off it.
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10/26/2022 - beatles wrote: 93 Points
Dark, rich, massive, spicy, juicy. Has a bit of the chalky feel, some mushrooms as well; a real '99 and most certainly to young - needs five years at least. 93++
#IB
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10/21/2022 - burginner Likes this wine: 97 Points
Big, earthy, red
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5/20/2022 - lepetitchateau wrote: 96 Points
Wow, quite a nose - silky, rich, heavy and a bit green/stalky quality. The palate is a touch murky from travel to the restaurant, but the quality is there. Almost dirty on the palate, sauvage red fruit and power to spare. Give this even more time to allow the transparency to equal the wine's power and guts.
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4/11/2022 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
DRC made near perfect ‘99’s and this Richebourg is no exception. It is so deeply pitched and youthful. There’s an intense core of dark cherry fruit. It has some light florals and a hint of black tea. It is direct and detailed, compact and so long. The wine envelops the mouth with luscious, spicy flavours and every sip unlocks something special. Too young but so good.
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1/28/2022 - Alex G. wrote:
Domaine Romanee Conti Lunch (Phoenix, AZ USA): This flight was a trio of 99 GE, Richebourg, and RSV served blind. Our experienced group of Burgundy drinkers was totally humiliated, we almost did worse than if we had guessed randomly. Going to chalk this up to the fact that the 99 vintage is still so young and tightly wound that the vineyard distinctions haven't yet come to the fore. Then again, maybe the staff messed up and didn't keep the wines in the proper order during the blind tasting - a discussion we had at the table we were so shocked. In any case, it's clear 99 will be a great vintage, but these probably shouldn't be opened for another decade. Very grateful to have been able to try these special wines, alas we only get a glimpse at this early stage.
This was my favorite of the flight. It was the softest and most expressive, i.e. the most ready to drink today. For this reason I thought it was the GE, and was astounded to learn it was the Richebourg. In any case, the purity of fruit was superb, and while this is the most ready to drink today it clearly has decades ahead of it.
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1/27/2022 - vetty Likes this wine: 96 Points
This bottle should not be open yet, everything is still in the front palate. Bottle decant for 5 hours, beautiful aroma, that blue, very richebourg. Earthy, floral, high acidity. This bottle is definitely more powerful and muscular than Jean gros 90 and gros FS 03&98.
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11/3/2021 - The Vines That Bind wrote: 96 Points
A massive wine but unlike the ‘99 La Tâche this is showing DRC stems, florals, and outrageous levels of spice. More giving and showy, although I would also say should not be opened yet. Muscular, firm, dense. Different from the ‘00 Leroy Richebourg alongside which shows more lush. Also much more powerful and tightly wound than the very showy bottle of ’00 DRC Richebourg on Monday night.
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10/23/2021 - shifter wrote:
DRC @ WS: So dark and brooding, tight and coiled it wasn't even drinkable for the first hour in the glass. Just too much. Time did soften it, but even the last sip of the night was intense. A hedonistic experience at this time, but seems like it will last forever. Drink in 20 years.
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10/21/2021 - alittle wrote: 95 Points
Ruby in the glass; no notable bricking. On the nose, initially a bit tight but unfurls nicely to reveal black cherry, cranberry, blood orange, tea, dried flowers, incense, earth, and a mélange of herbs and spices, with a lovely cool mint overlay. On the palate, good density with sour cherry, earth, orange zest and herbal type elements coming to the fore on the finish. While extremely pleasurable today with some air, I think the best is yet to come for this wine. Likely 10-15 years from apogee. Tremendous upside.
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10/16/2021 - steinersing wrote: 96 Points
Very long life ahead but based on the two glasses we received from a generous friend in the restaurant also very drinkable now with a little air. Purity and aromatics are excellent. Seductive.
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9/17/2021 - burgcamel wrote: 96 Points
This is my 3rd time drinking this wine and although more accessible now this is still about potential. 96+
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9/1/2021 - BenBlu Likes this wine: 98 Points
Bottle 13604. DRC Riche 99 is a sensational drop. My third time and it’s consistently great. It marries the sweetness of the vintage with the slight green notes from the stems which here add an extra dimension. Sweet stems is just a delicious combo and then the when the terroir expresses itself you are lying in awe. Sour cherry, Earl grey tea, touch of bay leaf, cranberry sap, kaleidoscopic and complete. Certainly a point as these 99 DRCs have been in a nice spot for the last 4 years I find. But of course there is ample room for development. But finding them on restaurant lists is getting rare as hen’s teeth...
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8/19/2021 - LB88 wrote: 98 Points
It was as I remembered although I should hve considered opening this bottle from abt lunchtime for dinner drinking. This was as I remembered beautiful from start to finish. This is just such a brooding monster of a wine. Awesome tertiary flavours waft effortlessly from the glass, truffles, earth, cedar, cigar and these kept evolving through the evening. This is clearly one wine that is going to hve a very long drinking window. Drank next to the very feminine but beautiful 2008 and the structured powerful 2009 that may or may not surpass this benchmark wine!
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4/15/2021 - fcxj wrote: 96 Points
Took 3+ hours to open up even so be patient. Quite reticent at the outset with feral elements and more generosity on the palate than aromatics. (1636/14772)
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9/4/2020 - BradE wrote:
The last time I drank this (2017) it was unyielding, and it's still a wine of the future. I'd suggest putting these in the back of your cellar.
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2/27/2020 - fcxj wrote: 90 Points
Not the best representation of this bottle. Maybe heat affected, but too coffee and lacked fine delineation. (7764/14772)
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2/24/2020 - Burgundy Al wrote: 97 Points
A Ramonet Montrachet Vertical & 1999 Grand Cru Horizontal, Mostly Domaine de la Romanée-Conti (The Grill - New York NY): In DRC 1999 horizontal. Opened 4 hours before serving. Sweet spice to start, with just improving. Subdued red cherry and berry to start as well, but fruit also got more powerful and complex with air. Stunning when finished. First time I recall having this wine. Great now, with upside. 97 points tonight, 98 point potential.
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2/9/2020 - dcwino wrote: 97 Points
Sommelier Appreciation Dinner 2020 (The Brown Residence): Expressive youthful nose displaying intense red fruit with a hint of black, strong stem that has not been fully resolved, more animal than usual, Vosne sprice, rose, Chinese medicine, cedar and crushed rocks. Exceptional concentration, layers upon layers of concentrated red and black fruit, dense yet refined, perfect amount of acidity, strong mineral and a long concentrated red and black fruit driven finish with stem and Chinese medicine at the end. Still needs time.
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12/8/2019 - LB88 wrote: 98 Points
Drank at Le cinq 20th anniversary one of the best richebourg I have ever had. And got better and better as the night progressed. Beautiful well integrated classic Burgundian with barnyard flavors, tobacco, leather but full of fruits and just went on forever!
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12/7/2019 - hprphf Likes this wine: 95 Points
01864/14772. Just on fire vintage, so spicy, so energetic, so much going on. There is already a little display of secondary dried tea and asian spice flavors, with of course much more to come. Utterly representative of DRC. 95+
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5/4/2019 - fcxj wrote: 98 Points
1999 DRC Horizontal. You can hear the angels on this one. Everything goes silent. The animale, the lift, the energy and the sweetness of aromatics sucks you in. Almost incongruous with incredible mineralite. The complexity, refinement and clarity is quite profound. (10141/14772)
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3/23/2019 - BenBlu Likes this wine: 98 Points
I love 1999 DRC and getting a chance to drink those wines is always an immense privilege (as for drinking they were made - not for speculation!). So it was with immense excitement that my good friend and I were sharing this after a lovely Meursault from Roulot and before a Haut Brion 1990, nice lunch table ;-) Having had a perfect bottle of this wine a few months back I was curious to see if it could repeat this performance. The answer was yes and no. Yes, the nose was in the very same league (please also see previous TN) and you could just sniff this all day long. Fine Vosne spices, Asian spices, earl grey tea, sweet red fruits wafting from the glass - the wine draws you into the glass. The plate is sweet and savoury, tons of umami. While the previous bottle was just whistle clean and the finish was longer and the nuances even more ample this bottle while great just didn't quite deliver this and just fell short of perfection. Part of the fault was that at times the wine got a bit too warm in busy restaurant and after putting the decanter back on ice it was markedly better. And then I guess there is always a slight bottle variation with a natural product at age 20. That should however take nothing away from the greatness of this wine. Not sure I am going to be lucky enough to drink this a third time, I can only keep my fingers crossed.
Bottle 5205/14772
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3/17/2019 - cfk49 wrote: 96 Points
Still very, very young. Intense, powerful, balanced, spicy red and dark fruits. Classic Richebourg expression. Will be even greater in the future. Cellared since original release.
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1/28/2019 - Bathtub58 Likes this wine: 95 Points
Quick taste: fresh, vibrant, and still youthful. Spice and dark fruit perfectly balanced by acidity. Drinking very well, with a seemingly endless life ahead. Very smooth. 95+
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1/16/2019 - fcxj wrote: 94 Points
Zachys. Retains deep color. Floral, expressive and wild. Touch medicinal on palate, serious intensity. Stems obvious. (2614/14772)
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11/23/2018 - BenBlu Likes this wine: 100 Points
I am hopeful for the future - seeing this is 96 on CT means there is going to be a potentially higher floor to climb and explore in life, in wine. My score does not reflect that promised land. For me this is perfection in a glass. From the first sniff... this unbelievable symmetry, sous bois, wild strawberrys, earl grey, macerated cherries, sweetness and savouriness. It is really difficult to pack in words but I am trying. Decanted for one hour before consumption. Open for business. First without food overtaking all senses, a course of foie gras semi cooked proves too much and distracts from this beauty which wants to stand on its own. So we pause for an hour. Served from Zalto Burgundy, the palate follows the promise of the nose. Ultra pure. Ethereal. Sweet. Long. Hot and cool. Very similar indeed to a stellar GE 99 DRC tasted half a year ago. Better by the breadth of a hair? Tough to say for certain but probably the wine with a tad more potential. For today’s drinkability similar but Riche seems more substantial still. Wow, I feel like having gone to heaven. This wine won’t give me the hangover, the realisation that I won’t be able to afford this (often) again will. Why does the market have to be so right???? Drink now - 2040 Bottle 13471/14772
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9/3/2018 - Parrish02 wrote: 98 Points
Labor Day Burgundy Insanity at Paulee du Hersh 9/1-2/18 (Denver, CO): Wow. Everything you could want in a burg. WOTN if not wine of the weekend. Hope Mitch has more of this......
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9/2/2018 - Burgundy Mitch wrote: 97 Points
For LDPH2. Crazy good with layers of red and blue fruits, exotic spice, incredible complexity. Most stunning part was the mouthfeel(4hr. Decant) that was just so luxurious. Iron fist in the velvet golove for sure. I suppose if it had a finish that went to bed with me I’d have upped the score to perfection, alas though very long, it was not one of those super penetrating wines that just won’t quit on the finish until bedtime. Nonetheless a stunner with 20 years of positive evolution in front of it though no crime in pulling a cork as long as you give it a good decant. 97+.
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5/5/2018 - Alex G. Likes this wine:
Wow, what a closer! Pop and pour and this monster was really strutting its stuff. Very sexy wine, with deep brooding intensity and hedonistic, flirty nuances. It is difficult to imagine one could ever get tired of drinking this profoundly complex, balanced, utterly delicious wine.
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3/16/2018 - fcxj wrote: 96 Points
DRC Richebourg vertical. Crazy complete and on the rise. Still so very, very young. Persistent with nail polish kick. (221/14772)
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1/4/2018 - FJR23 wrote: 90 Points
this was served from a bottle in pristine condition, and unfortunately was a bit of a let down. we gave it a good 60 minute decant, kept revisiting it over the course of 3 hours but it never opened up. if this is a representative showing I assume it requires another 5-10 years
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10/4/2017 - fcxj wrote: 96 Points
NM DRC v L RSV R dinner. Wow levels of energy, minerality and structure. Clearly more autumnal, black fruited than Leroy 99 Richebourg. Preferred DRC to Leroy here, first time. (5436/14772)
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9/9/2017 - BradE wrote:
Favre-a-thon 6.0: Still a bit tough and unyielding, the 99 is just starting to present what I suspect (hope?) will be its beauty. I'd counsel against opening these, as they just aren't showing enough yet.
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5/24/2017 - Markus IWC wrote: 95 Points
DRC 1999 tasting, impeccable provenance. wine nr 3. Dark intense color, incipient brick rim. Young mesmerising nose with wild flowers, cherries, chocolate and wet strawberries. Round big tannins, soft elegant mouthfeel, astonishing purity. Natural feeling. Between Romanee-Conti and La Tache in character, has both power and fine-tuned elegance. Beautiful wine!! 95p
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2/20/2017 - burgcamel wrote: 96 Points
Although it drinks well now I think there is significant upside from here. 96+ I will try to wait another year to open the next bottle.
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6/25/2016 - Topper wrote: 97 Points
Deep rich and full wine. I agree with Christine Havens description in her note. This one, unlike the 99 G.E. which was served at the same time and held steady during the dinner) kept improving over the course of the meal and might have been even better the second day. I liked it more than the 99 La Tache I had recently as this was fuller and richer, but that's just a matter of taste.
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6/3/2016 - steinersing wrote: 95 Points
Youthful but great elements and nice to drink
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6/1/2016 - lepetitchateau wrote:
Showing a stemmy, bell pepper nose and quite harsh on the palate; no love here... not where it should be. Lots of sediment.
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4/16/2016 - Christine Havens Likes this wine: 97 Points
I've been holding off on posting notes for months, DRC is admittedly, an intimidating wine to write about. The 1999 Richebourg is a pinnacle wine, the sweetest nocturne, a walled-in garden of the soul. Heady, slowly unfurling layers of rose petals, dark loamy earth, mahogany wood, black cherry, crab apple, game, and forest floor. On the palate, pure silkiness knit together by a mesh of finely wrought tannins, it's timeless, graceful, pure—and at the end, a comet's tail of sediment in the glass.
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2/27/2016 - burgcamel wrote: 97 Points
Still too young but a great burgundy in the making. After a couple of hours it began to open slightly. Very large scaled wine with notes of spice, earth and dark cherries. While a very pleasurable wine today I would guess in another 5 years this will begin to really impress. 97+ for potential.
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9/4/2015 - steinersing wrote: 94 Points
This 1999 drinks better than I would have thought - lots in store but already quite interesting now.
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8/28/2015 - BradE wrote:
Three Nights In San Juan; 8/27/2015-8/29/2015: Deep, brooding. Will be a stud. Worth opening if you have a bunch, but hang on if you only have a few.
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2/27/2015 - tinybubbles Likes this wine: 94 Points
Nose of earth, stones, and dry earth with a surprising overall flatness. Palate emerged as somewhat tart and acidic with light vanilla and wood flavors developing with time along with cherry. Not the best showing for this wine but still very enjoyable. Bottle from domaine.
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9/24/2013 - dchain wrote: 97 Points
This was initially too intense to even describe. It was explosive, kirsch and granache bomb, with spices intense and exotic. After about an hour it calmed downed and you could better appreciate the purity of fruit and the more manageable intensity. Had side by side with the 1990. This is clearly the better wine but not nearly ready to truly enjoy but fantastic to sample it's magnificence
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9/23/2013 - Champagneinhand Likes this wine: 96 Points
Of the 2 DRC GC at Burgundy Thursday this was the more feminine wine. Polished, smelling of both nice red and dark fruits. Spicy in that Vosne-Romanee way, a touch of anise, but the floral smell was a bit more Roses. My father grew red roses for most of his life and this was in it. That smell after they have been cut and the life is just starting to slip out. A very attractive compliment to the spice, fruit and the last hints of oak manifesting in subtle vanilla. While I rated the La Tache a point higher, its probably purely for the lavender, which I like so much. This however would be the year that I think to be more desirable. again the wine was seamless. Great finish, perfect acid and melted tannin. A very different type of experience than with other reds like Syrah or Bordeaux blends. Touches the emotional side of your brain much more than trying to break it down intellectually. Fantastic wine, but I won't be chasing this Burgundy moment again. Wonderful to have it no doubt, but the Charmes -Chambertin, by Rousseau was equally a great burg moment and nowhere in the same price category. I also love Chambertin to begin with. Thanks for the generous wine moment Mark and Claudia.
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9/19/2013 - wineberg Likes this wine: 97 Points
Charleston Bad-Ass Burgundy Thursday (S1s House): My first DRC, and I hate to say that it lived up to the hype.
Big, silky smooth, just seamless wine. Perfumed nose with black tea, florals (lavender?), cherry, cranberry, lemon peel, anise, chalk. Fantastic.
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6/2/2013 - jmoon wrote: 97 Points
Popped poured at Rob Morrisons. Beguiling nose; spice wood earth extraordinary violet perfume, complex and evolving. First taste after 5 mins a little tight but 10 mins later opened up wonderfully. Within 1/2 hour hit its stride and incredibly deep and complex. Best Burgundy I've ever had. Stunning.
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5/10/2013 - bongos Likes this wine:
Wow! Truely impressive wine with seemingly endless layers of dense dark fruit. Also an umami component here that reminds me of kelp along with the chinese herb store smell that I find so often in young drc richebourg. Not ready for prime time drinking, but just incredible.
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3/29/2012 - thebeginner wrote: 100 Points
We drank this wine along side the Anne Gros Richebourg 2002. What a treat it was to taste wine with such finesse! The wine started to open up after 10 minutes or so after being poured. It was elegant yet it possessed a strong current beneath. The nose was full of delicious berries, and the taste was a harmony of luscious red fruit, spices and mineral and a slight tint of charcoal. Beautifully balanced and worth 101 points. Long velvety finish. Truly a beauty.
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3/24/2012 - ilee wrote: 98 Points
Dinner with a few burgundies (Fook Lam Moon, Hong Kong): Dark and dense when poured, this was clearly not going to be your garden variety pinot. Tight and closed at first, it began to open up after 15 mins of aeration, throwing off incense-like seams of camphor, soy, dried herbs, wet soil/forest floor. Very big for a pinot, it almost had the body and texture of a bordeaux (as Mrs L kindly put it), packed with a mind-boggling multi-dimentional array of cherry and berry flavours, all overlaid with that sweet camphor incense in the background. The finish lingered for at least a minute. So this is what you get for parting company with that thick wad of precious wine dollars -- a brush with the subliminal glory of the pinot noir grape in the able hands of DRC.
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7/8/2011 - ŞarapTutkunları wrote: 96 Points
Orta üstü yoğunlukta lal taşı ile kızıl arası renkte. Burnu oldukça karmaşık ve katmanlı. Olgun siyah meyvelerin öncülüğündeki aromaları animal notlar, et, baharat ve toprak ile hafif puro kutusu kokusu izliyor. Güçlü gövdesini diri asidi ve sağlam tanen yapısı destekliyor. Olağanüstü konsantre, kaslı ve diri. Tüm gücüne rağmen zarif bir denge sergiliyor ve etkisi uzun sure damaktan silinmiyor.
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7/8/2011 - Ilker Ozdemir wrote: 96 Points
Orta üstü yoğunlukta lal taşı ile kızıl arası renkte. Burnu oldukça karmaşık ve katmanlı. Olgun siyah meyvelerin öncülüğündeki aromaları animal notlar, et, baharat ve toprak ile hafif puro kutusu kokusu izliyor. Güçlü gövdesini diri asidi ve sağlam tanen yapısı destekliyor. Olağanüstü konsantre, kaslı ve diri. Tüm gücüne rağmen zarif bir denge sergiliyor ve etkisi uzun sure damaktan silinmiyor.
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6/11/2011 - Umay Ceviker wrote: 96 Points
Orta üstü yoğunlukta lal taşı ile kızıl arası renkte. Burnu oldukça karmaşık ve katmanlı. Olgun siyah meyvelerin öncülüğündeki aromaları animal notlar, et, baharat ve toprak ile hafif puro kutusu kokusu izliyor. Güçlü gövdesini diri asidi ve sağlam tanen yapısı destekliyor. Olağanüstü konsantre, kaslı ve diri. Tüm gücüne rağmen zarif bir denge sergiliyor ve etkisi uzun sure damaktan silinmiyor.
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3/27/2011 - ricknat1 wrote: 95 Points
At the Union League with Clive, Bob and a group of friends; 3/26/2011-3/28/2011 (Union League Cafe, New Haven Ct.): Totally discombobulated when opened. After 15 minutes got itself together and continued to gain momentum. Long and intense. WOTF. Will be powerful, intense and rich, but hold for at least 5.
At Union League with Clive, Bob et al.
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2/10/2010 - Lipsman Likes this wine: 95 Points
Purple to the edge. On the nose, smoke and cherries. Tastes balanced by acidity, bright and long flavors, rich, smokey, young. Leave for eight years or more. Try again in 2018.
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9/26/2009 - JScott wrote: 97 Points
Stunning. Riveting. Still very primary but it's greatness, both current and future, is undeniable.
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2/7/2009 - WildeMeeuw wrote: 93 Points
1999 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Richebourg (Frankrijk, Bourgogne, Côte de Nuits, Richebourg Grand Cru) Kleur: Diep geconcentreerd robijnrood Aroma / bouquet: Uitgesproken expressieve en krachtige neus. Mineralig / zoutig. Leren zadel, animaal / boers. AB-SO-LU-TE snuffelwijn. Primair fruit zowel bosaardbeien, aalbessen als framboosjes. Smaak / Afdronk: Krachtig, geconcentreerde power. Uitgesproken maar niet dominante zuren, krachtige maar ronde tannines. Prachtige lange afdronk. Ook retronasaal komt het rode fruit mooi terug. Algemeen / potentieel: Mooie wijn. Maar, dè les van de avond: niet al te lang bewaren. 50 + Kleur: 5 + Aroma / bouquet: 13 + Smaak / Afdronk: 17 + Algemeen / potentieel: 8 = 93/100
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8/1/2008 - BradE wrote:
The Paulee de Hersh (Casa Hersh): Tight and unyielding. Blind, I would not have been near DRC with my guess. Others saw through its youth to future greatness - that's not a skill I have in abundance. Contrast to a recent 99 La Tache, where greatness was obvious.
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6/21/2008 - Totatalitarian wrote:
One of my favorite Richebourgs, and I somehow lucked into drinking this twice in two weeks. This is a big wine, intense, rich and well-shouldered. Awfully young but awfully delicious.
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6/12/2008 - Totatalitarian wrote:
Rich and powerful, this young wine really opened up with some air. Just a great young Richebourg.
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4/30/2007 - kstoddard wrote: 91 Points
G7 (Dave): Overripe cherries. Big and rich but a bit monolithic. Made very much in the style of an extracted California Pinot Noir. Nonetheless, a very nice wine but definitely out of place with the others.
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7/25/2004 - Joe Belmaati wrote: 100 Points
Dark blue in the glass. Intense scents of flowers, cherries, cranberries, and pencil shavings coming out of the glass. Largely structured with marvellous density and fatness, a model texture of velvet and silk, intensity of flavour and complexity that makes the head spin. It's like a buzz in the head and tunnel vision to follow. Impeccable structure and delightfully intense flavours of red fruits, this is another example of the perfect marriage of power and grace. The wine was in the glass for a good two hours, and it just got better and better. Being fully aware that Grand Cru Burgundy should age for 25+ years, I found myself asking whether a wine needs to taste better than this. I can only agree with Robert Parker on his recent scoring of this wine. Not sure whether his score relates to potential, but mine related to present day drinking. I've got two bottles left, and it will be hard to keep my hands off those. Of course, this note of advice is for people who enjoy primary wines. Soft, and seductive this wine is, with a finish that goes on forever. An easy call.
100 points
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