Producer Notes
As usual, the French Revolution comes into this. The domaine is a collection of vineyards once belonging to the French royal family (hence the Conti, whihch is a princedom awarded to younger sons to keep them busy) and some more vineyards ‘obtained’ by a Napoleonic general after the revolution. But to cut a long story short, somehow one domaine managed to wrangle together the largest parts of the very best few vineyards in Burgundy. As a result, the domaine is the premier domaine in the whole of Burgundy and, therefore, are producers of many of the most valuable bottles of wine in the world.
Vintage Notes
2016 was a very good vintage in Cote de Nuits
2016 was a very good vintage for red and a good vintage for white wines in Burgundy
Other 2016 Cote de Nuits
2016 Hudelot Baillet Chambolle Musigny VV: £67
2016 Dujac Morey-St-Denis Monts Luisants: £195
2016 Domaine Louis Boillot Gevrey Chambertin Les Cherbaudes Premier Cru: £205
2016 Faiveley Grands-Echezeaux: £265
2016 Dujac Morey-St-Denis: £350
2016 Bruno Clavelier Chambolle-Musigny La Combe d’Orveau: £520
2016 Domaine Trapet Chambertin: £520
Other wines from Domaine de la Romanee-Conti
2002 DRC Echezeaux: £4550
2002 Romanee-Saint-Vivant Grand Cru: £3550
2013 DRC Corton: £4050
2014 DRC Corton: £2550
2016 Romanee-Saint-Vivant Grand Cru: £4800
2018 DRC Grands-Echezeaux: £5200
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