Description
Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Romanée-St-Vivant 1989 from Arden Fine Wines in Mayfair, London. Domaine de la Romanee Conti Romanee St Vivant. Romanee Conti Romanee St Vivant 1989. Romanee St Vivant DRC 1989 price. DRC Romanee St Vivant 1989.
Romanée-Saint-Vivant is a Grand Cru vineyard for Pinot Noir red wine in the Côte de Nuits subregion of Burgundy.
It is situated within the commune of Vosne-Romanée.
It takes its name from the Abbey of Saint Vivant, which in Medieval times owned several vineyards among the Vosne-Romanée Grands Crus.
There are several different vineyard owners in Romanée-Saint-Vivant today, although Domaine de la Romanée-Conti is the largest.
- In 1966, the last member of the Marey-Monge family leased the remaining 5.28 hectares to Domaine de la Romanée-Conti and gave them an option to be first buyers if the vineyard came up for sale.
- In 1988, the vineyard was bought from the Neyroud family, which had inherited it from Ms Marey-Monge.
- Wine from the time when Domaine de la Romanée-Conti leased it rather than owned it also has 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
- 20,560 bottles of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Romanée-St-Vivant were produced in 1989
