Description
Arden Fine Wines in London offers this DRC Grands Échézeaux 1991.
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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 1991
The Domaine de la Romanée-Conti (DRC) Grands Échezeaux 1991 is a fully mature, prestigious Grand Cru Burgundy.
At over 35 years old, this wine has entered its tertiary phase and requires drinkers to approach it with realistic expectations regarding its age.
It features an elegant, complex nose with notes of rose petals, spicy black fruit, and leather.
On the palate, the wine is medium-bodied yet dense, offering intense flavours of red cherries and raspberries with a characteristic mineral note.
It has evolved with great elegance over the last three decades.
Overall, DRC created 9,588 bottles of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Grands Échézeaux in 1991.
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 from the 1990s?
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