Description
Arden Fine Wines in London offers this DRC Grands Échézeaux 1988.
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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 Échézeaux 1988
The 1988 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti (DRC) Grands Échézeaux is one of the best expressions of this specific vineyard from the 1980s.
The 1988 vintage in Burgundy produced wines characterised by deep concentration, robust tannic structures, and naturally high acidity.
Because it lacked the immediate, fleshy sweetness of the 1990 vintage, the 1988 was fiercely backward and austere in its youth.
However, over nearly four decades, this firm architecture has allowed the wine to evolve gracefully into a powerful, precise, and structurally complete masterpiece.
DRC owns roughly 3.53 hectares of the Grands Échézeaux vineyard, yielding limited annual production numbers.
Overall, DRC created 12,163 bottles of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Grands Échézeaux in 1988.
As a result, this vintage is very scarce now.
Are you looking to acquire a bottle for a collection or a gift, or do you need a comparison with other DRC vintages?
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