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Allen Meadows, Burghound
Neal Martin, Wine Advocate
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Tasted at The Sampler as part of their icon series of wines, the 1955 Richebourg Grand Cru is a pleasant surprise. The color is commensurate with its age, with broad bricking at the rim, its pallid hue belying a surprisingly vivacious bouquet with wild hedgerow, dried orange rind and rusty nails. Leaving it to open for a couple of minutes there is an unexpected minty scent. The palate is light, but balanced, with a smooth, harmonious entry. Still fresh and yet elegiac, the frayed finish is tender and a little hard, having lost its Richebourg robustness many moons ago. But there is something beguiling about this wine and I suspect a perfect bottle would be quite astonishing. Drink now. Tasted November 2013. When an acquaintance approached me brandishing a bottle of Richebourg from Domaine de la Romanee-Conti, I would never have guessed the vintage (though knowing him I should have guessed.)
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Domaine de la Romanée-Conti or simply “DRC” is without doubt the most famous domaine in Burgundy and one of the most famous producers on earth. The Grand Cru vineyard from which it takes its name produces the world’s most expensive wine by a long margin.