France Burgundy Domaine de la Romanée-ContiGrands Echezeaux

1999 Grands Echezeaux

Domaine de la Romanee-Conti

93Average Score

Burgundy / France

Red

The dark ruby-colored 1999 Grands-Echezeaux has gorgeous talcum powder, perfume, and candied cherry aromas. This sumptuously sweet, yet elegant, medium-bodied wine is crammed with blackberries and sugar-coated cherries. Oak shows through in this wine's satiny finish. Drink it over the next 12 years. Wine Advocate.August, 2001

Pierre Rovani Score: 90-93/100

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Scores + Notes

Average Score

I have now tasted the '99 GE some seven times since my original review in Issue 5 and it continues to improve, indeed to the point that I have raised my score modestly. There is still a touch of new oak framing the penetrating red and blackberry fruits, vanilla and oriental spice aromas and it continues onto the beautifully detailed and quite robust flavors that deliver excellent precision. This is a big wine with richness, superb length and impressive refinement and it's clear that this will live for decades. In sum, this is very classy juice. Allen Meadows, Burghound May28,2008

Allen Meadows, BurghoundScore: 95/100

The Wine AdvocateScore: 90-93/100

Pierre RovaniScore: 90-93/100

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Product Details

Country

France

Region

Burgundy

Sub-region

Grands Echezeaux

Colour

Red

Taste

Dry

Alcohol %

13%

Product Type

Still wine

Product Subtype

Drinking Window