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Estimate: $20,000
Very lightly scuffed vintage neck tag, nicked, very lightly marked, and very lightly scuffed label, #01315.
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"I have never been treated to such a profusion of floral perfume from this legendary site as rose over the glass of 2007 RomanĂ©e-Conti. Hyacinth, rose, gladiola, and iris are underlain by scents of moss-covered, damp stone, wild ginger, and diverse tiny red fruits. 'RomanĂ©e-Conti câest le nez,' remarks de Villaine of this almost ethereal Pinot. The contrast with the more fleshly La TĂąche could not be more dramatic. But this doesnât pull back on its silken-textured palate, either â far from it: along with persistent inner-mouth profusion of floral perfume come savory, irresistibly juicy raspberry and pomegranate as well as an impression of marrow-rich, multi-boned meat stock. A wafting, wave-like finish harbors the sort of exhilarating sheer refreshment one looks for in white wine, and a kaleidoscopic interchange of colorful floral, spice, fruit, carnal, and mineral elements such as few wines of any sort can deliver. Domaine de La RomanĂ©e-Conti director Aubert de Villaine perceives both the estateâs 2008 and 2007 collections as vins de garde, and I canât argue with that assessment . . . . If the 2007s here were unusual for that vintage in the degree to which they gained stature in the course of elevage, such behavior was normal when it came to 2008, so that I was not surprised to hear de Villaine remark on a newfound degree of confidence in the stature of that collection. To an even greater degree than in most vintages, success in 2007 and 2008 came down to meticulousness at every stage; to quality of vine material; and to location, in all of which respects no estate in Burgundy has any advantage over the Domaine de La RomanĂ©e-Conti."
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"I have never been treated to such a profusion of floral perfume from this legendary site as rose over the glass of 2007 RomanĂ©e-Conti. Hyacinth, rose, gladiola, and iris are underlain by scents of moss-covered, damp stone, wild ginger, and diverse tiny red fruits. 'RomanĂ©e-Conti câest le nez,' remarks de Villaine of this almost ethereal Pinot. The contrast with the more fleshly La TĂąche could not be more dramatic. But this doesnât pull back on its silken-textured palate, either â far from it: along with persistent inner-mouth profusion of floral perfume come savory, irresistibly juicy raspberry and pomegranate as well as an impression of marrow-rich, multi-boned meat stock. A wafting, wave-like finish harbors the sort of exhilarating sheer refreshment one looks for in white wine, and a kaleidoscopic interchange of colorful floral, spice, fruit, carnal, and mineral elements such as few wines of any sort can deliver. Domaine de La RomanĂ©e-Conti director Aubert de Villaine perceives both the estateâs 2008 and 2007 collections as vins de garde, and I canât argue with that assessment . . . . If the 2007s here were unusual for that vintage in the degree to which they gained stature in the course of elevage, such behavior was normal when it came to 2008, so that I was not surprised to hear de Villaine remark on a newfound degree of confidence in the stature of that collection. To an even greater degree than in most vintages, success in 2007 and 2008 came down to meticulousness at every stage; to quality of vine material; and to location, in all of which respects no estate in Burgundy has any advantage over the Domaine de La RomanĂ©e-Conti."
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