2016 Domaine de la Romanee-Conti Richebourg Grand Cru
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| Type of Wine | Red |
|---|---|
| Country | France |
| Region | |
| Appellation | |
| Winery | |
| Vintage | 2016 |
| Grape | |
| Content (Alc) | 0.75 ltr (14%) |
| Drink window | 2026 - 2060 |
Description
The 2016 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Richebourg Grand Cru is one of the most prestigious wines of Burgundy, coming from the famous Richebourg vineyard. This wine is known for its powerful expression, refined complexity and excellent ageing potential. It is one of the jewels of the collection of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti (DRC). The Richebourg vineyard is located in Vosne-Romanée, in the Côte de Nuits, Burgundy. It is a grand cru vineyard, one of the highest classifications in Burgundy.
On the nose, Romanée-Conti Richebourg Grand Cru has a refined and complex scent, with aromas of blackcurrant, cherry, plum and floral notes such as violet. Subtle hints of spice, truffle, earth and a mineral core add depth. On the palate, the wine has a powerful structure with a remarkable balance between fruity sweetness, lively acidity and firm yet elegant tannins. Dark fruit flavours are supported by spicy and earthy nuances. The finish is long and intense, with a silky texture and a mineral freshness that emphasises the potential for further aging.
The Richebourg vineyard covers approximately 8 hectares, of which Domaine de la Romanée-Conti owns approximately 3.5 hectares. The vineyard has a chalky and clayey soil, ideal for Pinot Noir. The terroir gives the wine its powerful yet refined character. The slope and exposure provide optimal sunlight exposure and drainage. This wine has an exceptionally long life. Although impressive at a young age, it will continue to develop over the next 20 to 40 years. With age, the tannins soften and more secondary and tertiary aromas such as leather, tobacco and mushrooms emerge.
The 2016 vintage has been praised for its balance and refinement. Despite the challenges of the season, the wines have a remarkable purity and concentration that reflect the potential of the DRC terroir and craftsmanship.
About Le Domaine de la Romanée-Conti
Le Domaine de la Romanée-Conti (DRC) is a legendary French winery located in Burgundy. The wines of Le Domaine de la Romanée-Conti are a unique opportunity to invest in sublime Burgundy. The wines are very scarce and available through a very limited number of points of sale. Read more under the Tab: Winery
Specifications
| Block Bundle Options | No |
|---|---|
| Type of Wine | Red |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bourgogne |
| Appellation | Vosne-Romanée |
| Icons | Icon France |
| Winery | Domaine de la Romanee-Conti |
| Grape | Pinot Noir |
| Biological certified | No |
| Natural wine | No |
| Vegan | No |
| Vintage | 2016 |
| Drinking as of | 2026 |
| Drinking till | 2060 |
| Alcohol % | 14 |
| Alcohol free/low | No |
| Content | 0.75 ltr |
| Oak aging | Yes |
| Sparkling | No |
| Dessert wine | No |
| Closure | Cork |
| Parker rating | 97 |
| Vinous rating | 97 |
Professional Reviews
Parker
The Wine Advocate
RP 97
Reviewed by:
William Kelley
Release Price:
NA
Drink Date:
2026 - 2060
Broader-shouldered and ampler than the Romanée-St-Vivant, the 2016 Richebourg Grand Cru unfurls in the glass with a lavish bouquet of cassis, dark plums, candied peel, potpourri, Asian spices, peonies and smoked duck. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, rich and expansive, with considerable depth and dimension at the core, and a gourmand, almost fleshy profile that marries beautifully with its cool, precise fruit tones and its velvety structuring tannins. This is a superb Richerbourg that to my palate surpasses the 2015 rendition.
A morning spent with Aubert de Villaine provided an opportunity to taste the domaine's 2016 and 2017 vintages. From bottle, the 2016s are stunning, equalling or surpassing the profound 2015s. There is a vibrancy and weightless intensity to the wines that mark them out as very special indeed. When the Domaine de la Romanée-Conti produces a great vintage, there's nothing like it in Burgundy, and 2016 is a legitimately great vintage at this address. On the way to our tasting, we passed by the domaine's entire stock of 2016 Echézeaux and Grands-Echézeaux, bottled entirely in magnum. Those wines won't be released in early 2019: "perhaps we'll drink them, or release them later, we haven't decided", said de Villaine, pointing to a stack of bottles that would nonetheless elicit green envy in any other producer of those two appellations.
Of vintage 2017, de Villaine reported that the domaine refrained from green harvesting in the belief that the vines' natural yield is the optimal yield. The wines, he observed, are "nicely balanced but slimmer than 2015 or 2016", an analysis with which I wholeheartedly concur, and to which I venture to add that the 2017s are suppler, more open-knit and will be adapted to comparatively near-term consumption. Moreover, after several years of low yields, there will, at last, be a certain quantity of wine to slake the thirst of an adoring—and sometimes, it must be said, uncritical—public. In 2017, it's also the case that the domaine's two monopoles stand head-and-shoulders above their other appellations in terms of depth, breadth and incipient complexity, a rapport that I've attempted to reflect with my scores.
Published: Jan 04, 2019
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Vinous
(94-97)
From: Red Burgundy '16 & '15: Superb Vintages, Different Styles (Jan 2018)
(24 hectoliters per hectare): Dark red-ruby color. Medicinal black cherry, blackberry, violet, lavender, sandalwood and crushed rock on the nose. Then wonderfully silky and spherical in the mouth but firm as well, conveying a distinctly suave impression for all its concentration. Flavors of dark fruits, coffee, flowers and spices saturate the entire palate. In its texture and length, this sample reminded me a bit of the 2015 version--and it's more elegant and less chewy and rough than the 2016 Echézeaux or Grands-Echézeaux.
- By Stephen Tanzer on January 2018
My January tasting of 2016s from barrel and 2015s from bottle at DRC was one of the most spectacular visits of my 30 years of tasting in Burgundy. Director Aubert de Villaine chose to present his 2015s first, possibly for fear that they might be tricky to taste following the theoretically more energetic 2016s. He needn’t have worried: both sets of wines are brilliant.
Both vintages, noted de Villaine, brought fully ripe fruit, and the ‘15s have even greater phenolic ripeness than the ‘16s. “But their tannins are nourishing,” he said, “and the wines are serene despite the bottling last March." He compared 2015 to 1966 in terms of the perfect health of the vineyards, adding that the estate saw no drought effect in ’15. “I don’t remember ever having this balance of fruit and plenitude and structure in my career,” said de Villaine. “The ‘15s will bury all of us.” It’s hard to believe that such rich wines will not shut down in bottle within the next few years, possibly for an extended period, but the ‘15s showed spectacularly in January.
So did the young ‘16s, in spite of the devastating effects of frost in the estate’s Echézeaux and Grands-Echézeaux holdings, not to mention its vineyards in Batard-Montrachet and, especially, Montrachet. But production of its other red grand crus showed little or no frost losses. Owing to the very warm temperatures that began in mid-July and well-timed rainfall in mid-August and early September, the estate considered its fruit ripe by September 15. But it held off on harvesting until the 22nd for its Corton vines and the following day in Vosne-Romanée, taking advantage of the precipitation between September 16 and 18 and picking during the most favorable window, finishing on the last day of the month.
Ultimately, said de Villaine, the quality of the tannins in 2016 may be even higher than in the previous vintage. The perfectly healthy grapes required very little sorting but the estate generally destemmed about 30% to 50% of their grape clusters; in comparison, the 2015s, with the exception of the Corton, were vinified with essentially 100% whole clusters. The 2016 malos were late and the wines had not yet been racked in January. The vintage, said de Villaine, is proving to be "extremely well balanced and a delightful surprise."
During my visit, I had the chance to wish a healthy and active next phase to long-time cellarmaster Bernard Noblet, who spent 37 years at this estate in a demanding and very physical role before retiring at the end of January at the age of 62.
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Wijnhuis
Domaine de la Romanée-Conti (afgekort DRC) is een van de meest legendarische wijnhuizen ter wereld en wordt beschouwd als het toppunt van Bourgondische wijnbouw. Het domein heeft een rijke historie die honderden jaren teruggaat en een nauwe band met de tradities en terroirs van de Bourgogne.
Historische achtergrond:
Vroege oorsprong: De wijngaarden van Romanée-Conti worden al sinds de middeleeuwen gecultiveerd. Ze waren oorspronkelijk in bezit van kloosterorden, die in die tijd veel wijngaarden in de Bourgogne beheerden.
18e eeuw: De wijngaard Romanée (nu Romanée-Conti) kwam in 1760 in handen van de prins van Conti, Louis François de Bourbon, een neef van Lodewijk XV. Hij voegde zijn naam aan de wijngaard toe, waardoor deze "La Romanée-Conti" werd genoemd. De prins gebruikte de wijn uitsluitend voor zijn eigen hof en gasten, wat bijdroeg aan de exclusieve reputatie.
Franse Revolutie: Tijdens de Franse Revolutie werden de eigendommen van de adel onteigend, waaronder Romanée-Conti. Het werd verkocht als nationaal bezit.
Moderne geschiedenis: In 1869 werd het domein gekocht door de familie de Villaine. Samen met de familie Leroy is deze familie tot op heden eigenaar van Domaine de la Romanée-Conti.
Wijngaarden en terroirs:
Locaties: DRC beheert enkele van de meest prestigieuze grand cru-wijngaarden in de Bourgogne, waaronder:Romanée-Conti (monopole)
- La Tâche (monopole)
- Richebourg
- Romanée-Saint-Vivant
- Grands Échézeaux
- Échézeaux
- Corton (vanaf 2009)
- Montrachet (voor de witte wijn)
Terroir:
De wijngaarden liggen in Vosne-Romanée en hebben een unieke combinatie van kalkrijke bodems, een mild klimaat en perfecte ligging, wat resulteert in wijnen met uitzonderlijke finesse en complexiteit.
Filosofie en wijnbouw:
Handmatige oogst: Elke druif wordt met de hand geplukt om de kwaliteit te waarborgen.
Biodynamische wijnbouw: Sinds de jaren 1980 heeft DRC biodynamische methoden geïntroduceerd om de natuurlijke balans van de wijngaarden te behouden.
Vinificatie: DRC combineert traditionele Bourgondische technieken met moderne innovaties. De wijnen worden opgevoed in nieuwe eikenhouten vaten en rijpen lang voordat ze worden vrijgegeven.
Exclusiviteit en reputatie:
Beperkte productie: De totale jaarlijkse productie van DRC is extreem laag, wat de wijnen zeldzaam en gewild maakt.
Kwaliteit boven kwantiteit: Elk detail in de productie, van de wijngaard tot de fles, wordt met de grootste zorg uitgevoerd.
Invloedrijkheid: DRC is de standaard waaraan andere Bourgondische en zelfs internationale wijnen worden afgemeten. De naam is synoniem met luxe en perfectie.
Invloed op de wijnwereld:
Begeerlijkheid: DRC-wijnen worden op veilingen verkocht voor recordprijzen en zijn een must-have voor verzamelaars.
Cultureel icoon: Door de eeuwen heen is DRC een symbool geworden van elegantie en verfijning in de wijnwereld.
The 2016 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Richebourg Grand Cru is one of the most prestigious wines of Burgundy, coming from the famous Richebourg vineyard. This wine is known for its powerful expression, refined complexity and excellent ageing potential. It is one of the jewels of the collection of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti (DRC). The Richebourg vineyard is located in Vosne-Romanée, in the Côte de Nuits, Burgundy. It is a grand cru vineyard, one of the highest classifications in Burgundy.
On the nose, Romanée-Conti Richebourg Grand Cru has a refined and complex scent, with aromas of blackcurrant, cherry, plum and floral notes such as violet. Subtle hints of spice, truffle, earth and a mineral core add depth. On the palate, the wine has a powerful structure with a remarkable balance between fruity sweetness, lively acidity and firm yet elegant tannins. Dark fruit flavours are supported by spicy and earthy nuances. The finish is long and intense, with a silky texture and a mineral freshness that emphasises the potential for further aging.
The Richebourg vineyard covers approximately 8 hectares, of which Domaine de la Romanée-Conti owns approximately 3.5 hectares. The vineyard has a chalky and clayey soil, ideal for Pinot Noir. The terroir gives the wine its powerful yet refined character. The slope and exposure provide optimal sunlight exposure and drainage. This wine has an exceptionally long life. Although impressive at a young age, it will continue to develop over the next 20 to 40 years. With age, the tannins soften and more secondary and tertiary aromas such as leather, tobacco and mushrooms emerge.
The 2016 vintage has been praised for its balance and refinement. Despite the challenges of the season, the wines have a remarkable purity and concentration that reflect the potential of the DRC terroir and craftsmanship.
About Le Domaine de la Romanée-Conti
Le Domaine de la Romanée-Conti (DRC) is a legendary French winery located in Burgundy. The wines of Le Domaine de la Romanée-Conti are a unique opportunity to invest in sublime Burgundy. The wines are very scarce and available through a very limited number of points of sale. Read more under the Tab: Winery
| Block Bundle Options | No |
|---|---|
| Type of Wine | Red |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bourgogne |
| Appellation | Vosne-Romanée |
| Icons | Icon France |
| Winery | Domaine de la Romanee-Conti |
| Grape | Pinot Noir |
| Biological certified | No |
| Natural wine | No |
| Vegan | No |
| Vintage | 2016 |
| Drinking as of | 2026 |
| Drinking till | 2060 |
| Alcohol % | 14 |
| Alcohol free/low | No |
| Content | 0.75 ltr |
| Oak aging | Yes |
| Sparkling | No |
| Dessert wine | No |
| Closure | Cork |
| Parker rating | 97 |
| Vinous rating | 97 |
Parker
The Wine Advocate
RP 97
Reviewed by:
William Kelley
Release Price:
NA
Drink Date:
2026 - 2060
Broader-shouldered and ampler than the Romanée-St-Vivant, the 2016 Richebourg Grand Cru unfurls in the glass with a lavish bouquet of cassis, dark plums, candied peel, potpourri, Asian spices, peonies and smoked duck. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, rich and expansive, with considerable depth and dimension at the core, and a gourmand, almost fleshy profile that marries beautifully with its cool, precise fruit tones and its velvety structuring tannins. This is a superb Richerbourg that to my palate surpasses the 2015 rendition.
A morning spent with Aubert de Villaine provided an opportunity to taste the domaine's 2016 and 2017 vintages. From bottle, the 2016s are stunning, equalling or surpassing the profound 2015s. There is a vibrancy and weightless intensity to the wines that mark them out as very special indeed. When the Domaine de la Romanée-Conti produces a great vintage, there's nothing like it in Burgundy, and 2016 is a legitimately great vintage at this address. On the way to our tasting, we passed by the domaine's entire stock of 2016 Echézeaux and Grands-Echézeaux, bottled entirely in magnum. Those wines won't be released in early 2019: "perhaps we'll drink them, or release them later, we haven't decided", said de Villaine, pointing to a stack of bottles that would nonetheless elicit green envy in any other producer of those two appellations.
Of vintage 2017, de Villaine reported that the domaine refrained from green harvesting in the belief that the vines' natural yield is the optimal yield. The wines, he observed, are "nicely balanced but slimmer than 2015 or 2016", an analysis with which I wholeheartedly concur, and to which I venture to add that the 2017s are suppler, more open-knit and will be adapted to comparatively near-term consumption. Moreover, after several years of low yields, there will, at last, be a certain quantity of wine to slake the thirst of an adoring—and sometimes, it must be said, uncritical—public. In 2017, it's also the case that the domaine's two monopoles stand head-and-shoulders above their other appellations in terms of depth, breadth and incipient complexity, a rapport that I've attempted to reflect with my scores.
Published: Jan 04, 2019
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Vinous
(94-97)
From: Red Burgundy '16 & '15: Superb Vintages, Different Styles (Jan 2018)
(24 hectoliters per hectare): Dark red-ruby color. Medicinal black cherry, blackberry, violet, lavender, sandalwood and crushed rock on the nose. Then wonderfully silky and spherical in the mouth but firm as well, conveying a distinctly suave impression for all its concentration. Flavors of dark fruits, coffee, flowers and spices saturate the entire palate. In its texture and length, this sample reminded me a bit of the 2015 version--and it's more elegant and less chewy and rough than the 2016 Echézeaux or Grands-Echézeaux.
- By Stephen Tanzer on January 2018
My January tasting of 2016s from barrel and 2015s from bottle at DRC was one of the most spectacular visits of my 30 years of tasting in Burgundy. Director Aubert de Villaine chose to present his 2015s first, possibly for fear that they might be tricky to taste following the theoretically more energetic 2016s. He needn’t have worried: both sets of wines are brilliant.
Both vintages, noted de Villaine, brought fully ripe fruit, and the ‘15s have even greater phenolic ripeness than the ‘16s. “But their tannins are nourishing,” he said, “and the wines are serene despite the bottling last March." He compared 2015 to 1966 in terms of the perfect health of the vineyards, adding that the estate saw no drought effect in ’15. “I don’t remember ever having this balance of fruit and plenitude and structure in my career,” said de Villaine. “The ‘15s will bury all of us.” It’s hard to believe that such rich wines will not shut down in bottle within the next few years, possibly for an extended period, but the ‘15s showed spectacularly in January.
So did the young ‘16s, in spite of the devastating effects of frost in the estate’s Echézeaux and Grands-Echézeaux holdings, not to mention its vineyards in Batard-Montrachet and, especially, Montrachet. But production of its other red grand crus showed little or no frost losses. Owing to the very warm temperatures that began in mid-July and well-timed rainfall in mid-August and early September, the estate considered its fruit ripe by September 15. But it held off on harvesting until the 22nd for its Corton vines and the following day in Vosne-Romanée, taking advantage of the precipitation between September 16 and 18 and picking during the most favorable window, finishing on the last day of the month.
Ultimately, said de Villaine, the quality of the tannins in 2016 may be even higher than in the previous vintage. The perfectly healthy grapes required very little sorting but the estate generally destemmed about 30% to 50% of their grape clusters; in comparison, the 2015s, with the exception of the Corton, were vinified with essentially 100% whole clusters. The 2016 malos were late and the wines had not yet been racked in January. The vintage, said de Villaine, is proving to be "extremely well balanced and a delightful surprise."
During my visit, I had the chance to wish a healthy and active next phase to long-time cellarmaster Bernard Noblet, who spent 37 years at this estate in a demanding and very physical role before retiring at the end of January at the age of 62.
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Domaine de la Romanée-Conti (afgekort DRC) is een van de meest legendarische wijnhuizen ter wereld en wordt beschouwd als het toppunt van Bourgondische wijnbouw. Het domein heeft een rijke historie die honderden jaren teruggaat en een nauwe band met de tradities en terroirs van de Bourgogne.
Historische achtergrond:
Vroege oorsprong: De wijngaarden van Romanée-Conti worden al sinds de middeleeuwen gecultiveerd. Ze waren oorspronkelijk in bezit van kloosterorden, die in die tijd veel wijngaarden in de Bourgogne beheerden.
18e eeuw: De wijngaard Romanée (nu Romanée-Conti) kwam in 1760 in handen van de prins van Conti, Louis François de Bourbon, een neef van Lodewijk XV. Hij voegde zijn naam aan de wijngaard toe, waardoor deze "La Romanée-Conti" werd genoemd. De prins gebruikte de wijn uitsluitend voor zijn eigen hof en gasten, wat bijdroeg aan de exclusieve reputatie.
Franse Revolutie: Tijdens de Franse Revolutie werden de eigendommen van de adel onteigend, waaronder Romanée-Conti. Het werd verkocht als nationaal bezit.
Moderne geschiedenis: In 1869 werd het domein gekocht door de familie de Villaine. Samen met de familie Leroy is deze familie tot op heden eigenaar van Domaine de la Romanée-Conti.
Wijngaarden en terroirs:
Locaties: DRC beheert enkele van de meest prestigieuze grand cru-wijngaarden in de Bourgogne, waaronder:Romanée-Conti (monopole)
- La Tâche (monopole)
- Richebourg
- Romanée-Saint-Vivant
- Grands Échézeaux
- Échézeaux
- Corton (vanaf 2009)
- Montrachet (voor de witte wijn)
Terroir:
De wijngaarden liggen in Vosne-Romanée en hebben een unieke combinatie van kalkrijke bodems, een mild klimaat en perfecte ligging, wat resulteert in wijnen met uitzonderlijke finesse en complexiteit.
Filosofie en wijnbouw:
Handmatige oogst: Elke druif wordt met de hand geplukt om de kwaliteit te waarborgen.
Biodynamische wijnbouw: Sinds de jaren 1980 heeft DRC biodynamische methoden geïntroduceerd om de natuurlijke balans van de wijngaarden te behouden.
Vinificatie: DRC combineert traditionele Bourgondische technieken met moderne innovaties. De wijnen worden opgevoed in nieuwe eikenhouten vaten en rijpen lang voordat ze worden vrijgegeven.
Exclusiviteit en reputatie:
Beperkte productie: De totale jaarlijkse productie van DRC is extreem laag, wat de wijnen zeldzaam en gewild maakt.
Kwaliteit boven kwantiteit: Elk detail in de productie, van de wijngaard tot de fles, wordt met de grootste zorg uitgevoerd.
Invloedrijkheid: DRC is de standaard waaraan andere Bourgondische en zelfs internationale wijnen worden afgemeten. De naam is synoniem met luxe en perfectie.
Invloed op de wijnwereld:
Begeerlijkheid: DRC-wijnen worden op veilingen verkocht voor recordprijzen en zijn een must-have voor verzamelaars.
Cultureel icoon: Door de eeuwen heen is DRC een symbool geworden van elegantie en verfijning in de wijnwereld.
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