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Bottle of Domaine de la Romanee-Conti (DRC) Grands Echezeaux 2017 [NET]-Red Wine-Flatiron SF

Domaine de la Romanee-Conti (DRC) Grands Echezeaux 2017 [NET]

Red Wine from Burgundy, France
by Domaine de la Romanee-Conti (DRC)
$2,500.00
NET

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What is this wine?
Domaine de la Romanée-Conti (DRC) is Burgundy’s most iconic domaine, producing some of the world’s rarest and most collectible wines. Grands Échézeaux is a Grand Cru in Flagey-Échézeaux, adjacent to Clos de Vougeot and Échézeaux but with deeper clay-limestone soils that give greater power and structure. Farmed biodynamically and vinified with DRC’s hallmark precision, the 2017 vintage is one of elegance and purity, following the concentration of 2015 and 2016.

Why get this wine?
DRC’s Grands Échézeaux is often considered the “hidden treasure” of the domaine—less famous than Romanée-Conti or La Tâche, but consistently one of the greatest wines of the Côte de Nuits. The 2017 vintage emphasizes finesse and perfume, making this both collectible and accessible earlier than some of the estate’s more monumental bottlings.

What does this wine taste like?
Aromatic red cherry, raspberry, and strawberry with layers of rose petal, exotic spice, earth, and fine-grained minerality. Silky yet powerful, with refined tannins, vibrant acidity, and a finish of extraordinary length and elegance.

When should you drink this wine?
Best 2027–2050. Decant gently if opening young. A natural pairing with refined dishes such as squab, duck, or truffle risotto.

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Professional Reviews

Burghound

BH 94
"A cooler, more elegant and equally spicy nose of mostly red fruits and Asian-style tea is wonderfully fresh if notably more restrained. As is typically the case there is more size and weight to the broad-shouldered flavors that are shaped by firmer and slightly less fine-grained tannins on the impressively persistent finish. This is not as concentrated or powerful as it usually is but even so, it is going to require at least 10 years or so of patience and should amply reward 15 to 18."

Antonio Galloni

AG 96
"The 2017 Grands-Echézeaux Grand Cru is a pretty big step up in this range, both in terms of depth, power and energy. Here the flavors are dark, while there is quite a bit of tannin lurking beneath. Black cherry, graphite, leather, smoke, spice and menthol infuse the 2017 with tons of virile, somber character. Readers will have to be very patient. A whole range of sepia-toned aromas and flavors shrouded in tannin add depth to an imposing Grands-Echézeaux built for cellaring. Harvest was on September 12." -Antonio Galloni

Robert Parker

RP 94
"More brooding and reserved than the Échézeaux that preceded it in the tasting, the 2017 Grands Échézeaux Grand Cru unwinds in the glass with an enticing bouquet of cassis, blackberries, blood orange, exotic spices and musk. On the palate, it's full-bodied, ample and fleshy, with a more introverted, structured profile than the Échézeaux, its considerable reserves of concentrated fruit framed by an abundance of powdery tannin and succulent acids. Long and penetrating, this will reward sustained bottle age. The Grands Échézeaux was picked on September 12." -William Kelley

Decanter

D 96
"Showing more colour as well as more weight and intensity than the Échézeaux, as it often does, this is also a much more complete, harmonious wine with more flesh on its bones. Stony, stemmy and peppery, it handles its 100% whole bunches with style. A hint of good reduction and leafy, autumnal, forest floor aromatics segue into a palate that has fine-grained new oak, refreshing minerality and sweet, beguiling, wild strawberry fruit."

Wine Spectator

WS 95
"The nose of the Grands Echézeaux is more expressive, revealing rose, cherry and strawberry, while in the mouth this is more concentrated than the Echézeaux, with a grainier texture that will require more time to reach its peak."

Details

  • Grape Variety

    Pinot Noir

  • Vintage

    2017

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Biodynamic

  • Style

    Earthy , Elegant , Minerally

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Light Bodied