2017 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Montrachet

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 98 points

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  10/2/2023 - shifter Likes this wine: 98 Points

  PnP. Tight on first taste, so we decanted and it loosened up. Last sip was about 4.5 hours after opening and was the best. Powerful and rich with the backbone of acid to balance. Layers of citrus and white flowers with vanilla and minerality.

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  6/17/2023 - johnh1001 wrote:

  Drank in St. Emilion. Darker in color than I expected. Sweet, honeyed nose and palate. Lovely viscosity but lacking acidity. Amazing length and balance but not the energy I had hoped for. Seemed advanced? But unlikely given the provenance. Hmmm...

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  5/2/2023 - Orange Tsian wrote: 98 Points

  刚开瓶有些飘忽和内敛，果味还不太显著，些许芝麻、爆米花、烤坚果和板栗之类的香气，混合着茶油带来颇为油润的质地，在鼻腔之中划过，中段些许橘子、雪梨和结晶的花蜜，带着轻微的松针，后段出现白茶、幽幽的花香、木质甜香料等，还有些拒人于千里之外的漠然。口感亦然，能窥见一个庞然大物的影子，但此时似乎仍是水中月，在涟漪之中看不真切。
  
  倒一半到醒酒器中醒酒1小时30分左右，随后同瓶中酒混合在一起。此时令人印象深刻的香气开始弥漫开来，庞大而扩张，力量感充实其中，复杂而精确的各种元素组成华美的元素，端庄中带一丝飘逸，犹似霓裳羽衣舞，风吹仙袂中，总是有些看不真切的意蕴。大量的菠萝、橘子、橘皮精油、秋月梨（带着一丝冰糖雪梨）、百香果、苹果等，成熟又透彻，似乎涌出来，周遭伴随着白芝麻、鲜奶油、香草冰淇淋、坚果碎、木质香料等，全方位占据嗅觉，花香从中席卷而出，橙花、金银花、白玉兰等白花蔓延开来，行至深处有一阵幽幽的桂花韵味，伴随着轻微动物香料深而远，又有一丝飘忽，整体感好且在各个维度都富有层次。杯中酒1小时后，香气趋于绵密柔美，带有些许柠檬和梨子冰糕味。入口时，能感受到宏大的体魄，随着高酸在口中四面八方蔓延，步调缓而稳，施展自身的权能，将圆润和锐利结合，干浸出物带来的轻微酥麻过后口感变得光滑，复杂而清晰的果味浮于其上，几近熟透的桃子、多汁的冰糖梨、橙子和橘皮精油、各种热带水果等构成华丽的主体，绵密的香草雪糕、水果蛋糕、类似沉香的木质香料、白花、干藏红花、轻微焦糖、松树蜜和蜂巢以及轻微的矿物感，应接不暇，尽态极妍，构成了“圆形”的整体，似华美宫穹，收尾很长，带着些许果脯味，全体在其中浮动飘忽起来，如入旷谷泉边，浮动中化作清涟，让我想起吃过的柠檬冰糕，在口中融化，化作一阵清凉清新，行之则深。98+/100

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  10/24/2021 - Cailles wrote: 99 Points

  Complete DRC Vintage Horizontals 2017 vs 2018: Since Covid didn’t allow for a proper arrivage tasting last year, we tasted the 2017s in direct taste-offs vs their 2018 counterparts this year. All bottles were opened a few hours earlier, not decanted but we got enough time to follow each wine over 45+ minutes in the glass which allowed for proper aeration and analysis. A few observations: 1) The 2017s are disarmingly easy to drink, charming, soft and open. 2) The 2018 show more depth but will need more time to flesh out, open up and become rounder. 3) Best ever Cortons. Slowly but surely they grow into their allocation (not market) price. 4) The showstopping RSVs edge out the Richebourgs with the purest fruit expression vs raw and today a bit unintegrated power. 5) The La Taches and RCs are playing in their own category in terms of complexity but the RCs are a bit closed. 6) The Montrachets are fabulous with a sharp, complex and complete 2017 as a consensus WOTN and a 2018 which is a bit broader but still amazing.
  
  TN: Wow. This was without question the WOTN, not only for me but for every person at our table and every person in the room I talked to. This is such a compelling wine, so complex, hyper precise, ever changing, perfectly harmonious and balanced, superbly fresh and with a great and expanding finish. Super expressive nose with citrus, apple, minerality, round, harmonious, sharp, creamy. On the palate there is a plethora of fruit, minerality, spices, white flowers, saffron, hints of caramel, some Coche like flint aromas. Ever changing. And that finish... it never quits and expands for minutes (!). Just wow. Incredible wine from this great white wine vintage. Close to perfection in my book. What is missing for a triple digit score? I don’t know exactly, maybe the nose could have been a bit more impressive and complex - the palate was definitely perfection.

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  6/28/2019 - Burgundy Al wrote:

  Dégustation Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, Verticale 2016, avec Déjeuner (1243 Bourgogne Society - Beaune): Sit-down tasting with Aubert of the 2016 lineup. OK, this isn't from 2016, but we know there is no 2016 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Montrachet. So they brought out the 2017, which thrilled me more than if they served the collaborative 2016 Montrachet.
  
  Delicately floral start with a faint hint of (good?) reduction. Yellow apple with meyer lemon here. Very bright, very 2017 (a white Burgundy vintage that thrills me) in a manner that comes across as less fleshy vs typical Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Montrachet. But at the same time, there is a richness with melon, honeycomb and poached pear character, yet finishing with that meyer lemon and lemon peel. Very good density with beeswax on finish and very good+ length. 95-96+ point potential.

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