Tasting Notes
Robert Parker 100
"The 2015 Romanee-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 Romanee-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."
Anticipated maturity: 2028-2050
Vinous 98+
Full dark red. Slightly darker and more reticent on the nose than La Tache, dominated in the early going by black raspberry, cherry, spices, crushed rock and coffee. Enters the mouth like liquid velvet, expanding to show an incredible 3-D texture and great depth to its soil-inflected flavors of flowers, spices, mocha, underbrush and savory minerality. At the first sip, this utterly seamless, spherical yet rather youthfully impenetrable wine saturates the entire palate like a thunderstorm breaking out across a wide front. Today I don’t find the typical early vegetal nuances of this wine, perhaps owing to the total ripeness of the vintage. Still an infant, this wine should easily evolve positively for three decades or more. When I spit this wine, I thought I still had it in my mouth, such is its impression of solidity.
Anticipated maturity: 2032-2055
JancisRobinson.com 20
Amazingly complex nose in which every DRC ingredient seems to mingle. Real savour and beautiful balance. Essence de RC! Already manages both majesty and grace. Lift and freshness. Tingle and great length. Difficult to find any fault! Grows on the end. In hot years it never suffers water stress. (I m sure many bottles will be drunk long before 2035 )
Anticipated maturity: 2035-2065
