Description
DRC Romanée-St-Vivant 1973 from Arden Fine Wines in London.
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The commune of Vosne-Romanée hosts Romanée-Saint-Vivant.
The Abbey of Saint Vivant, which in Medieval times owned several vineyards among the Vosne-Romanée Grands Crus, named it.
Today, several different vineyard owners manage Romanée-Saint-Vivant, although Domaine de la Romanée-Conti manages the largest portion.
- In 1966, the last member of the Marey-Monge family leased the remaining 5.28 hectares to Domaine de la Romanée-Conti.
- Subsequently, they gave Domaine de la Romanée-Conti an option to be the first buyers if the vineyard came up for sale.
- Then in 1988, the Neyroud family sold the vineyard, which they had inherited from Ms Marey-Monge.
- Wine from the time when Domaine de la Romanée-Conti leased it rather than owned it also displays the name Marey-Monge on the label.
Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Romanée-St-Vivant:
- Grape variety: Pinot noir
- Vineyard holding: 5.28 hectares (13.0 acres)
- Average age of vines: 34 years
- Average production: 1,500 cases
DRC Romanée-St-Vivant 1973
The 1973 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti (DRC) Romanée-St-Vivant is a vintage from a less-favoured year.
However, it has evolved to show mature notes of forest floor, rose, and mushroom, with a delicate and resolved palate.
It is a rare and age-worthy wine that can offer a complex drinking experience despite the vintage’s reputation.
But it requires careful handling due to its age, potentially with sediment and a fragile cork.
Reviewers note a complex bouquet of mature, tertiary notes.
Specific descriptions include “dried rose and forest floor aromatics,” “truffle, cherry cola, sandalwood and mint,” and hints of “sous-bois, Asian style spices, dried flowers, in particular, rose petal and a hint of brown sugar”.
The 1973 vintage was generally mixed in Burgundy, but the quality of the DRC vineyard can transcend vintage variations.
Bottles from this era were produced when the vineyard was managed by DRC on a lease from the Marey-Monge family, before DRC purchased it outright in 1988.
In total, producers made 22,713 bottles of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Romanée-St-Vivant in 1973.
