Ultra Rare Vertical! DRC, Romanee Conti - 1990 - 2021
Few wines in the world carry the mystique and reverence of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, and among its legendary offerings, Romanée-Conti Grand Cru stands as the pinnacle of Burgundy’s artistry. Each vintage is a masterpiece, celebrated for its unparalleled elegance, complexity, and ability to age gracefully for decades, even centuries.
Today, we are privileged to present an extraordinary collection of Romanée-Conti spanning vintages from 1990 to 2021. These bottles, sourced from impeccable cellars and in pristine condition, represent the height of fine wine collecting and appreciation..
Amazing scores and notes from the critics who say “as good a post ’45 RC as I ever hope to drink…a seriously lovely effort…doesn’t get any better…flirts with perfection…utterly weightless…a wine of real grace and purity.”
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The Offer:
Subject to remaining unsold. Available from our SG cellars next week.
1990 DRC, Romanee Conti Grand Cru
SGD $37,500 ($40,875 inc GST) per bottle (x75cl loose) – 1 bottle available
99 Points Allen Meadows
“Medium ruby color. Initially, this is aromatically tight and closed but after 2 hours, it absolutely explodes from the glass with a breathtaking panoply of Asian spices, exotic fruit aromas and a touch of earth followed by rich, lush, almost opulent flavors that melt in the mouth and coat the palate with a layer of velvet on the fantastically long finish. This is a dramatic wine in every sense of the word yet it’s not at all showy but rather discreet and understated. I particularly like the sense of inner power and purity of expression and this is as good a post ’45 RC as I ever hope to drink. It should last for another 50 years and if you ever have the chance, don’t miss it!”
2002 DRC, Romanee Conti Grand Cru
SGD $34,000 ($37,060 inc GST) per bottle (x75cl loose) – 2 bottles available
96 Points Allen Meadows
“Mild bricking. Plenty of secondary and sous-bois notes are present on the cool, elegant and airy nose that reflects notes of spice, earth, dried flower and leather. The sleek, intense and rich medium-bodied flavors are supported by bright acidity on the ever-so-slightly lean but highly persistent finish where the sense of minerality really builds as it sits on the palate. I would observe that, like a number of 2002s today, the palate is more youthful than the nose and while this isn’t necessarily a fault, it does suggest that we may have a wine that is not fully harmonious when the tannins are fully resolved. As to what to do, I would opt for allowing for another 5ish years of cellaring as this will allow for a bit more resolution of the structure but not so much that the finish begins drying out. In sum, this remains a seriously lovely effort that is classy and stylish if not perfectly balanced.”
2010 DRC, Romanee Conti Grand Cru
SGD $31,500 ($34,335 inc GST) per bottle (x75cl loose) – 1 bottle available
99+ Points Allen Meadows
“Deep ruby-violet hue. An ultra-floral, fresh and dazzlingly pure nose remains quite primary even at 12 years of age. The focused and still markedly intense, chiseled and mineral-driven flavors conclude in a very firm, compact and strikingly well-balanced finish that goes on for minutes. I suspect this silky, Zen-like and utterly magnificent effort will see its 100th birthday in fine form! This, and the positively transcendent 1999, are quite simply in another class – amazingly enough, the word brilliant just doesn’t do either complete justice. Wine, at least in my experience, doesn’t get any better.”
2012 DRC, Romanee Conti Grand Cru
SGD $29,500 ($32,155 inc GST) per bottle (x75cl loose) – 3 bottles available
99 Points Neal Martin
“Usually, choosing between La Tâche and Romanée-Conti is like choosing between your two favourite children. Not this year. The 2012 Romanée-Conti is one of the most spellbinding that I have tasted since I began 17 years ago. The bouquet is quite astonishing with brilliant delineation and focus, an almost disorientating sense of mineralité that soars from the glass and leaves you speechless. The palate is perfectly proportioned with a sensational line of acidity, brimming over with energy and frisson. This flirts with perfection and you know, one day it might actually achieve it. Just 350 cases produced.”
2015 DRC, Romanee Conti Grand Cru
SGD $31,500 ($34,335 inc GST) per bottle (x75cl loose) – 1 bottle available
100 Points William Kelley
“The 2015 Romanée-Conti Grand Cru is one of the pinnacles of this great red Burgundy vintage, opening in the glass to reveal a bouquet of kaleidoscopic complexity, notes of raspberry and red plum mingling with rose petal, peony, blood orange and spice. On the palate, the wine is silky, medium to full-bodied and stunningly complete, its supremely elegant tannins entirely cloaked in pristinely delicate red fruit. Despite its incredible concentration and persistence, this Romanée-Conti is utterly weightless, and its effortless harmony and unremitting finish preclude any argument about its benchmark quality. Cropped at 22 hectoliters per hectare and harvested September 10.”
2020 DRC, Romanee Conti Grand Cru
SGD $30,000 ($32,700 inc GST) per bottle (x75cl loose) – 1 bottle available
100 Points William Kelley
“The 2020 Romanée-Conti Grand Cru is a wine of real grace and purity. Unfurling in the glass with aromas of raspberries and blackberries mingled with sweet spices, violets, peonies and a subtle hint of wintergreen, it’s full-bodied, ample and satiny, with terrific concentration and a suave, seamless, layered profile, gliding over the palate. It’s as intensely flavorful as the more muscular, broader-shouldered La Tâche, but it’s more elegant and sensual. It’s also the wine in the cellar that’s the least marked by the style of the vintage.”
2021 DRC, Romanee Conti Grand Cru
SGD $27,000 ($29,430 inc GST) per bottle (x75cl loose) – 3 bottles available
98 Points William Kelley
“The 2021 Romanée-Conti Grand Cru is the most integrated and complex—that’s to say, hard to describe—wine in the range. Wafting from the glass with scents of sweet red berries, exotic spices, espresso roast, rose petals and violets, with only subtle hints of the coniferous bass-notes that mark out many of the other cuvées this year, it’s full-bodied, pure and seamless, with an exquisitely suave, harmonious palate that effortless integrates vibrant acids, melting tannins and intense retronasal perfume. Concluding with a mouthwateringly saline finish, this is a wine that will delight, even enchant, Burgundy purists.”
The Vinum Team in front of the Romanée Conti vineyard, November 2024
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Offer ends on Wednesday 11th December 2024 l No further discount l Immediate payment required l Delivery fees ($32.72) waived for purchases above $500 before GST excluding airports | Cancellation of orders not allowed l Orders to be collected/delivered upon stock availability l Goods left uncollected may incur storage charges | Offered Ex-Singapore & subject to remaining unsold
