1980 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Romanée-Saint-Vivant Marey Monge Grand Cru
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This is a wonderful vintage for the Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, and even if this wasn't the greatest era for this particular vineyard, the 1980 Romanée-St-Vivant Grand Cru remains a beautiful wine, offering up aromas of sweet red fruit, orange rind, wilted rose petals, vine smoke and exotic spices, followed by a medium-bodied, supple and satiny palate that's bright and fine-boned, concluding with a long, perfumed finish. It isn't as textural or layered as Richebourg, Grands-Echézeaux or La Tâche in this vintage, but it's a wonderful bottle.
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Allen Meadows, Burghound
Allen Meadows, Burghound
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The 1980 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti’s Romanée St. Vivant, on the other hand, was fully mature and perhaps slightly past its peak. The color was faded, and the wine presented a tertiary expression of sweet, perfumed fruit, autumn leaves and baking spices, with resolved tannins and a medium-bodied, soft-textured personality. Though pretty, I probably would have enjoyed it more at an earlier stage in its life. I also noted that the wine was considerably less fresh than recent bottles of the Grands-Echézeaux and La Tâche of the same vintage.
About the producer
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.