Description
Award-winning Arden Fine Wines in London offers DRC Grands Échezeaux 1964.
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The Domaine de la Romanée-Conti (DRC) produces the highly sought-after Grand Cru red Burgundy, Grands Échézeaux.
The DRC Grands Échézeaux vineyard is a 3.53-hectare parcel.
You can expect typical aromas of red and black fruits, such as cherries and raspberries, along with floral notes, earth, and spices.
As the wine ages, it evolves into more complex notes of musk, leather, fur, and mushroom.
The wine presents a harmonious balance of fruit, acidity, and refined tannins.
Wines from Grands Échézeaux typically command a higher price and exhibit greater complexity and structure.
In comparison to DRC’s Échezeaux cuvée, the wine from DRC Grands Échézeaux generally presents more complexity and harmony.
DRC Grands Échézeaux showcases extraordinary ageing potential, requiring you to wait at least four to five years.
DRC Grands Échezeaux 1964
The Domaine de la Romanée-Conti crafted the DRC Grands Échezeaux 1964, a vintage Pinot Noir from a highly collectible and famous wine producer in Burgundy.
Therefore, wine enthusiasts generally consider the 1964 vintage a good one for Burgundy.
Moreover, experts consider the DRC Grands Échezeaux one of the best examples of the vintage.
Wine lovers know the vintage for its intense aroma and complex structure.
Notable aromas tasters describe include wild berries, dried red flowers, earth, tobacco, soy sauce, and spice.
Some tasters specifically note dried cherries, roses, graphite, and porcini mushrooms.
The palate often receives descriptions as silky, refined, and rich, with notes of dark berries, caramel, and toffee.
Well-preserved bottles show explosive mid-palate power and concentration.
Ultimately, this is a fully resolved wine with softened tannins and a gentle acidity, yet it retains a firm structure.
In 1964, the winery produced 13,648 bottles of DRC Grands Échezeaux.
