Description
Arden Fine Wines in London offers DRC Échézeaux 1996.
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 1996
The 1996 vintage across the Côte de Nuits yielded red Burgundies with an intense, deep ruby colour, solid tannin, and high natural acidity.
DRC explicitly designates its Échézeaux as its fastest maturing and most accessible Grand Cru.
Although initially projected to peak earlier, well-stored bottles of the 1996 vintage remain fully-integrated, velvety, and stunningly expressive.
The producers released 18,058 bottles of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Échezeaux in 1996.
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 1996.
If you have any queries, please contact us here.
