2012 Romanee Conti

Average Score

Critic Notes

Usually, choosing between La Tache and Romanee-Conti is like choosing between your two favourite children. Not this year. The 2012 Romanee-Conti is one of the most spellbinding that I have tasted since I began 17 years ago. The bouquet is quite astonishing with brilliant delineation and focus, an almost disorientating sense of mineralite that soars from the glass and leaves you speechless. The palate is perfectly proportioned with a sensational line of acidity, brimming over with energy and frisson. This flirts with perfection and you know, one day it might actually achieve it. Just 350 cases produced. Feb 2015, www.robertparker.com

Score: 99-/100Neal Martin

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Country

France

Region

Burgundy

Sub-region

Colour

Red

Taste

Dry

Alcohol %

Product Type

Still wine

Product Subtype

Drinking Window