2004 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Grands-Echezeaux (France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Grands-Echezeaux Grand Cru)

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Vintage	2004	Label 1 of 5 (NOTE: Label borrowed from 2001 vintage.)
Type	Red
Producer	Domaine de la Romanée-Conti
Variety	Pinot Noir
Designation	n/a
Vineyard	n/a
Country	France
Region	Burgundy
SubRegion	Côte de Nuits
Appellation	Grands-Echezeaux Grand Cru

Community Tasting History

	Community Tasting Notes (average 93.5 pts. and median of 93 pts. in 5 notes)
	Tasted by magnord on 12/16/2008 & rated 96 points: (816 views)
	Tasted by peblin on 12/16/2008 & rated 96 points: Systembolaget Superpremium (Vinkällarbolaget): Brick red, mature color. Transparent but dense. Focused, big, open nose with strawberry, pinot and "christmas" spice, some maturity and great complexity. Lots of fruit, with hints of leather and tobacco. Lovely intensity. High, integrated acidity. Good concentration, a wine that grows and grows on you. Somewhat high in alcohol. Even, smooth tannins. Wonderful, well balanced, and with great length. (1121 views)
	Tasted by jivey on 9/22/2008 & rated 91 points: Reduction, red fruits, mouthwatering tanning on dare I say a new work fruit style. Some people had issues with the reduction but I thought it added interest to the wine. Always a pleasure. (1094 views)
	Tasted by Otto Nieminen on 1/15/2008: This started out a bit weird with a prominent note of peanut butter on the nose. Gladly it opened up to become a masculine style of Pinot with much dark fruit, ripe but still pleasantly vegetal. Tight palate, but bright and intensely mineral, more red toned in fruit than the nose promised. Long and mineral. Promising. (1525 views)
	Tasted by JeffGMorris on 12/7/2007 & rated 91 points: Dinner at Bistro 607 with a large crowd. Generously opened by Fred B in his tireless effort to turn me on to Pinot. Very silky textured wine. A beautiful expression of Pinot - even to me! Fred says it has the DRC signature perfume and who am I to argue. Keep opening the DRC as they have clearly been my favorite Pinots to date. 50+13+12+8+8=91+ (1558 views)

Professional 'Channels'

By Bill Nanson
Burgundy-Report (4/1/2007)
(Romanée-Conti Grands-Echézeaux) Yield 25.5 hl/ha - or 882 cases. Medium colour. The nose has a little more wood and stem 'smoke', faint vanilla at the base and just a little more width than the Echézeaux. Eventually the nose shows truffly notes and asian spice - more cohesion but I miss a fruit dimension, plus a little cedar is now appearing - 25 minutes finally gives us a little cherry! The nose seems much more primary than from barrel. The palate shows the elegance that I remember though the acidity seems just a little brighter with a trace of cedar on the mid-palate. Like the Echézeaux, there are no fireworks, rather understated length. This was my 'amour' from barrel - from bottle it seems merely 'pretty' rather than beguiling.

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About red wine

Varietal character (Appellation America) | Varietal article (Wikipedia)
Pinot Noir is the Noble red grape of Burgundy, capable of ripening in a cooler climate, which Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot will not reliably do. It is unpredictable and difficult both to grow and to vinify, but results in some of the finest reds in the world. It is believed to have been selected from wild vines two thousand years ago. It is also used in the production of champagne. In fact, more Pinot Noir goes into Champagne than is used in all of the Cote d'Or! It is also grown in Alsace, Germany, the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Croatia, Serbia, Italy, and so forth, with varying degrees of success.

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Les vins de Bourgogne (Bureau interprofessionnel des vins de Bourgogne)
Burgundy - The province of eastern France, famous for its red wines produced from Pinot Noir and its whites produced from Chardonnay. (Small of amounts of Gamay and Aligoté are still grown, although these have to be labeled differently.) The most famous part of the region is known as the Cote d'Or (the Golden Slope). It is divided into the Cote de Beaune, south of the town of Beaune (famous principally for its whites), and the Cote de Nuits, North of Beaune (home of the most famous reds). In addition, the Cote Chalonnaise and the Maconnais are important wine growing regions, although historically a clear level (or more) below the Cote d'Or. Also included by some are the regions of Chablis and Auxerrois, farther north.
Burgundy Report
Grands Jours de Bourgogne 11. b?ezna 2008 - výborná reportáž Pavla Jelena.
Les Grands Jours de Bourgogne - na stejné téma od Heleny Baker.
ANNATE
2007 annata di grande interesse anche per i rossi, leggibili ed espressivi come raramente avviene per i Borgogna così giovani.

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2004 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Grands-Echezeaux (France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Grands-Echezeaux Grand Cru)

Community Tasting Notes (average 93.5 pts. and median of 93 pts. in 5 notes)