Description
Arden Fine Wines in London offers DRC Échézeaux 1985.
If you have any queries, please contact us here.
The Domaine de la Romanée-Conti (DRC) Échézeaux attracts many wine enthusiasts as a highly sought-after Grand Cru red Burgundy from the historic Échézeaux vineyard.
This wine, made from Pinot Noir, stands out as one of the more powerful and robust offerings from the DRC portfolio.
However, it still maintains a sense of elegance.
The Echézeaux vineyard sits on the slopes above Grands Échezeaux, specifically between the villages of Vosne-Romanée and Vougeot.
The soil in the Échezeaux climats (plots) features a more diverse and complex composition than that of Grands Échezeaux.
It consists of Bajocian marls mixed with gravel and alluvial deposits, exhibiting varying altitudes and gradients.
DRC cultivates approximately 4.67 hectares of the Echézeaux vineyard, which spans a total area of about 37.69 hectares.
The majority of DRC’s holdings focus on a highly regarded plot called Les Poulaillaires.
Wine enthusiasts consider the wines from DRC’s Échezeaux plots exquisite examples of top-tier Burgundy.
They showcase bright red fruit, spice, and savoury characteristics.
DRC Échézeaux 1985
Generally considered one of the best-performing Échézeaux vintages ever produced by the domaine, DRC Échézeaux 1985 benefitted from the exceptionally warm and balanced 1985 growing season.
The producers released 19,911 bottles of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Échezeaux in 1985.
Buyers and collectors often confuse DRC’s two similarly named plots from this vintage.
Échézeaux is sourced from a 4.67-hectare holding.
It is softer, more elegant, and forward-drinking.
Grands Échézeaux is sourced from a smaller 3.53-hectare plot.
It is deeper, heavier, richer, and commands a higher price tag.
A bottle naturally evaporates very slowly through the permeable cork, so we only expect that an old bottle will be less full than a current vintage of the same wine.
This rare bottle remains in appropriate condition for its age.
Finally, Arden Fine Wines in London offers the DRC Échézeaux 1985.
If you have any queries, please contact us here.
