Domaine de la Romanée-Conti - Grands Échézeaux 2012 (Pre-arrival) (750ml)
Price: $3335.00
| Producer | Domaine de la Romanée-Conti |
| Country | France |
| Region | Burgundy |
| Subregion | Echezeaux |
| Varietal | Pinot Noir |
| Vintage | 2012 |
| Sku | 1306646 |
| Size | 750ml |
Vinous: 93-95 Points
"Bright red-ruby. Musky aroma of black raspberry minerals and roasted herbs; smells thick! Dense chewy and tactile on the palate but with excellent lift to the flavors of dark plum mocha and saline minerality. Most impressive today on the explosive mounting finish. Boasts an uncanny combination of thickness and balance. "
vWine Advocate: 95 Points
"The 2012 Grands Echézeaux was picked on September 22 24 and 25 at 27 hectoliters per hectare. Compared to the Echézeaux the nose is more demure perhaps more refined does not feel the urge to "put it all out" as it were. Reticent is the word - yet the precision and delineation is undeniable. The palate is medium-bodied with very supple tannin here a mixture of red and black fruit a little broodier and more introspective than its "cousin" but with greater persistence in the mouth. It unfurls on the finish: hints of dry tobacco and cedar leaving you with the impression of a "masculine" Grands Echézeaux one built for the long haul"
