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"The 2005 Richebourg suggests lightly cooked cherry, lilies, and vanilla-chocolate pot de creme, coming onto the palate with a gentle wave of creamy fruit, almost shockingly open-knit and youthfully generous. Low-toned richness of salted beef broth and a hint of wet stone add hints of gravitas, but despite ample (refined) tannins, there is nothing to restrain a veritable gushing of ripe, juicy, sweet finishing fruit. This might close up for a time, but these early indications suggest one ought to revisit it in 3-5 years and expect it to offer much earlier enjoyment than the Grands-Echezeaux or Romanee-St.-Vivant. Once the grapes in these fabled vineyards had reached a potential alcohol of 13%, reports Aubert de Villaine, he was ready to pick, because conditions had seldom been so conducive to perfect ripeness (including that of the stems). It was all done in a week, commencing with La Tache and Romanee Conti, and finishing on September 23 with Romanee-St.-Vivant (and Montrachet, on which I shall report at a future date). De Villaine intended to bottle in March or April by gravity in six-barrel lots, as has become general practice here over the past decade 95 points."
Reviewed by David Schildknecht of Robert Parker.
Producer: |
Domaine de la Romanée-Conti |
Vintage: |
2005 |
Alcohol: |
13% |
Volume: |
750 ml (75 cl) |
Country: |
France |
Region/Appellation: |
Richebourg, Vosne-Romanee, Cote de Nuits, Burgundy |
Level: |
Into neck: perfect |
Condition: |
Perfect, in a 1-bottle OWC |
Drinkable until: |
Now |
Good investment: |
Yes and drinkable! |
Robert Parker Points: |
95/100 |
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