2019 Domaine de la Romanee-Conti Echezeaux Grand Cru

When thinking of the most exclusive and prestigious wine estates in the world, there’s one name that instantly comes to mind: Domaine de la Romanée Conti. This legendary estate, often referred to as DRC, by fans, and “The Domaine” by the owners, has earned its place as one of the most prestigious and sought-after wine producers globally. 

• 96 Jasper Morris
  The Echezeaux in bottle still displays its youthful dense purple colour, more vibrant than the Corton. The strawberry notes swell across the bouquet, generous, ripe yet fine and fresher in style than the Corton. There is a starburst of energy, more raspberry now, at the front of the palate, then a long and nuanced finale. The fruit fills out the oak, splendid, lengthy, detailed and refined. Very persistent.
  
  
• 95 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
  Deeper pitched than the domaine's Corton, the 2019 Échézeaux Grand Cru exhibits aromas of blackberries, plums, exotic spices, orange rind and rose hips. Full-bodied, rich and ample, its broad, textural attack segues into a deep and concentrated mid-palate and a long, saline finish. This is a sensual, enveloping, elegantly muscular Échézeaux that has fulfilled all the promise it showed in barrel.
  
  
• 95 Jeb Dunnuck

  The 2019 Echezeaux Grand Cru is a bigger, richer wine that pushes on the ripeness scale, offering a monster bouquet of red and black fruits, licorice, spice, and roasted herb-like nuances, with a kiss of violets emerging with time in the glass. Needing plenty of air to show at its best, it's full-bodied and concentrated on the palate, with a much broader, more expansive, and hedonistic style. However, its balance and precision lag the 2018, and this is a beast of wine that could be mistaken for a Grenache at this young stage. It’s going to take some time to shed its considerable baby fat and should have two decades or more of longevity. 

• 94 Decanter
  With a deeper, more vividly purple hue than the Corton, there is an abundance of blackberry fruit on the nose, with power, density and concentration on the palate, highlighting the later harvest. Although there is plenty of weight, the palate stays beautifully fresh with fine tannins and an intriguing garrigue-like hint on the finish. It has plenty of ageing potential. Harvested on 22 and 23 September, these were the last Pinot vines to be picked at the domaine.