Domaine de la Romanee-Conti - Romanee St. Vivant 2012 (Pre-arrival) (750ml)
Price: $3335.00
| Producer | Domaine de la Romanee-Conti |
| Country | France |
| Region | Burgundy |
| Subregion | Vosne Romanee |
| Varietal | Pinot Noir |
| Vintage | 2012 |
| Sku | 1306626 |
| Size | 750ml |
Vinous: 97+ Points
"Usually one of the more seductive feminine wines in the range the 2012 Romanée St.-Vivant is unusually powerful and structured. Huge searing tannins and super-expressive bright acidity both are a prominent today. The 2012 is going to need a number of years in bottle to approach the early part of what is likely to be a very long drinking window. A huge finish totally drenched with saline notes is breathtaking if not especially typical of RSV. Needless to say the 2012 is going to be a fascinating wine to follow over the next several decades."
vWine Advocate: 96 Points
"The 2012 Romanée St Vivant incidentally served before Richebourg rather than afterwards unlike previous years was picked on September 28 and 29 at 24 hectoliters per hectare. There is a wondrous ethereal purity to this 2012 a little more sumptuous than I recall it from barrel with kirsch and freshly picked strawberries. As it opens it gains more and more sensuality. The palate is rounded almost curvaceous in the mouth clearly more concentrated than the 2011 with a sense of authority and purpose a bit of daring-do on the long finish. It leaves a slightly ferrous residue on the aftertaste completing what is a marvelous and sensual Grand Cru."
