Domaine de la Romanee-Conti, Grands Echezeaux Grand Cru

Grand Cru Burgundy Summer Afternoon "Mini Paulée" (Tavern on Rush - Chicago IL) : 2006 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti flight. Even more air and decanter time, but this was never fully forthcoming despite wonderful balance. So much upside.

2006 vintage

Granc Cru Lunch : Decanted for a ~2 hours, back in the bottle, and served 2-3 hours later. This is far more locked up and reserved relative to the Ech and Richebourg in the same flight. Brooding black cherry with some spice upon coaxing. Big, ripe and stern with brooding power. Just staring to show its potential. Hold for 3-5 years based upon this bottle. 94-96 point potential.

2006 vintage

La Paulée du Mile-End : Un nez charmeur qui m’évoque la vendange entière. La bouche est d’une texture admirable, avec des tanins fins, une belle densité et, surtout, un fruité magnifique. Le vin est charmeur, rien ne dépasse, c'est l'harmonie souveraine. Grand vin. 95 pts

2006 vintage

Complex aromatics of smoked meats, brown spices, earth and dried flowers. There’s a core of sweet black cherry fruit in the mouth. It is showing some earthy/ savoury development and has good depth and structure. Texture is silky and the finish very persistent. In a very nice place.

2006 vintage

Far more approachable that a bottle from 6.5 years ago. Shows the ripeness of the vintage with ripe, dark black fruit made fresh with whole cluster stemminess. Nose and palate both intensely spicy and stemmy. In the middle of a peak drinking window.

2006 vintage

So seductive, silky and sexy. Like drinking concentrated liquid silk, perfumed with red fruits and flowers, with a long finish. Tannins are so soft and smooth already. This relatively young wine has evolved at a swift pace and seems to have already entered its peak drinking window, where I suspect it will remain for at least a decade. Decanted for 3 hours.

2006 vintage

Wines of the Gods (House of AC and JC) : Component of DRC Echezeaux and Grands Echezeaux vertical. Medium ruby with herbal soy on the nose. Robust wolfberry palate extending into an expansive long Genmaicha finish. Best 2030-2050.

2006 vintage

A decent wine that lacks any wow, which this price point necessitates. (7742/9396)

2006 vintage

No detailed notes taken. Expressive nose with dark fruits, minty notes, herbs, stems and sous bois, minerality. Very complex, pure, fresh, precise. On the palate this was a bit young with full on dark fruit, burnt sugar, fine herbs and minerality, stems, smoke. This is light as a feather which is a highlight. We had this at the end of a long, wine rich evening and I couldn‘t fully appreciate it anymore. 93/94 pts

2006 vintage

At a terrific dinner at Bibendum this bottle was part of the main "duo" for the night side by side an exception and soaring CLB Eche 08. The DRC GE 06 played it close to its vest at first and appeared reserved next to the exuberance of the CLB. A very fine wine though without doubt, with tense mineral core, fine tea notes. We decided to "park" this bottle after a few glasses and give it a decant and revisit …

2006 vintage

Wonderful wine. Such balance between this power, acidity, finesse, class, elegance, density with such length and this signature DRC fruit with those roses scents. amazing wine. Grand vin. Équilibre entre acidité, douceur, finesse, classe, élégance, puissance et une longueur si impressionnante, avec ce fruité incomparable, les roses, et cette signature DRC. 94-95

2006 vintage

PNP into Zalto Burgundy glass (“Leaf” day): Pale ruby to the eyes with purplish hues. Darker red bramble fruits that is exuberant and quite wild in a nice way. But the spectrum expanded very quickly into red cherries that is in high definition and juicy. Black tea leaves, florals. Sous bois. Very powerful but again this is nothing forceful. Very complete and long indeed. Needless to mention the high acidity and minerality profile here. A lot of finesse and freshly …

2006 vintage

bottle decant for almost 5 hrs. red fruits, rose and spice on the nose. very intensity of dark ruby color. hot year so lots of ripen fruit. it's surprisingly heavy on body with the jammy texture, like im eating the jam directly. compare to the 2006DRC Eche tasted two months ago, like this one much better. i think this 2006 Grands Eche is ready to drink from now.

2006 vintage

FWE Gala. Stupendous aged Burg. Floral, resolved. (2774 of 10973)

1966 vintage

From an excellent looking bottle with a 2.5 cm fill and a firm cork, this wine had a light red center and light puce rims. The medium+ intensity nose emanated roses, cherries, rhubarb, and some soil. It was a 97 point nose. In the mouth, this wine was refined but gorgeous. It was pretty but mellow at first. As it aired, it picked up power and presence. It was big flavor without weight. This wine is certainly at, or slightly …

1966 vintage

La Paulée de SF Gala Dinner (Fairmont Hotel, SF CA) : Great potential, but this is quite brooding with dense red and black cherry. Lots of spice throughout. Certainly fun to drink, but better down the road.

2006 vintage

Popped and poured over dinner, consumed in a flighty with 05 DRC Richebourg and 06 DRC RSV. This followed a flight of 88 Bachelet Charmes, 88 Dujac CSD and 89 Dujac Echezeaux. Obviously too young, especially when compare to the sublime and ready to go older flight. Nevertheless with swirling this showed very deep cherry and spice notes, with a hint of cocoa powder. Extracted and somewhat closed on the palate, with a monolithic flavor profile and a good dose …

2006 vintage

Bottle number two was worth opening. Surprisingly clear and precise fruit. Soft spice across the palate. Great bottle.

1966 vintage

Slightly corked

1966 vintage

Souper chez la noblesse Lanaudoise (Saint-Charles-Borromée, au fief de la Baronne et son Baron) : Souper chez le Baron... Un nez très boisé au service (elle est ouverte depuis l'après-midi) avec de la noix de coco. Ensuite c'est plus floral mais ça reste discret. Bouche à l'attaque aérienne mais tannique, avec style austère, un peu terne, qui m'a fait deviner le millésime. C'est encore sévère, pas charmeur du tout à ce stade. Un vin qui possède un beau potentiel mais …

2006 vintage

From a good looking bottle with 2 cm fill, this bottle was Reserve Nicholas. It had an appropriately branded cork and the sediment was so heavy I needed to rinse the bottle 8 times. The wine had a deep red center and orange/tan rims. The high intensity nose showed sour cherries, raspberries, rhubarb, brown spices, and some Cuban cigar. It was ripe and rich yet quite sour and firm at the same time. In the mouth, this wine was gorgeously …

1966 vintage

A wine of stunning beauty, drank after a 1978 DRC Grand Ech. Popped and poured, beautiful right off, round, luscious, mouth coating and long perfectly balanced and integrated with lovely floral notes, strawberrys, touch of rose petals spice, some earth and some very appealing lean minerality. Unbelievable, gained weight and heft, and got better as the night went on

1966 vintage

Friday after Thanksgiving (FAT) - Part 1 - Burgundy 2006 (Palm Beach Gardens FL) : Small taste, brief note. Open an hour before tasting. The most forward and "ready" of the 4 DRCs tasted tonight. Dominated by great baking spice aromas and flavors with ripe red cherry and berry. Less powerful than the others, but great harmony already now.

2006 vintage

Evolving with oxidation, this wine went from a thin pale strawberry color to a garnet --- what a magical transformation to experience ! A lot of alcohol spice Ceres always aware of legs and viscosity notes the beautifully thin yet defined medium fast moving legs Bacchus a panoply of spices & fruits. High alcohol nose strangely evocative yet ethereal presence of green pepper and peppery finish now moving into prune aromas (Ceres) ; sous bois with mushrooms on nose , …

1966 vintage

Tasty!

2006 vintage

Lovely faded floral notes on the nose along with soy, mushroom, dried red fruit and subtle spice. This carried to through to the palate which took on more red fruit and rose petal notes before starting to faded after about 2 hours. This was very pretty, bright and lively although not terribly deep. Love the detail and complexity.

1966 vintage

First glass was served slightly warm and did not show much, just lots of spice on the nose. After some chilling, the second glass totally blossomed. Red fruits aromas with hints of violets started to appear. Amazing presence yet so calm, poised and balanced. Typical '06s are a bit opaque in the terroir but this was lithe and transparent. Actually quite enjoyable to drink now, this could be a vintage which shows the elegant side of Grands-Echezeaux. A knock-out.

2006 vintage

My final bottle of this, and it was good, but did not match the literal perfection of every bottle in the case thus far.

1966 vintage

A bit tired at first, but improved as the night progressed. Nice perfume and finish.

1966 vintage

Creamy oak, candy, spice on the nose. Great structure, grip. Big tannins. Nice mid palate feel and flavors. Pretty easy to drink now. No secondary notes yet.

2006 vintage

At first it shows some smoke, soy, animal fur and just a touch of caramel oxidation. It breathes up nicely and becomes quite floral both on the nose and in the mouth. The sweet vinous things are countered by savoury umami things and the finish is quite meaty. The slight oxidative notes marred this particular bottle but it was pleasant none the less.

1966 vintage

Red cherry with some floral overlay - very long and beautifully elegant. Actually thought nothing wrong drinking this early - shows so wonderful and open

2006 vintage

Nose of red cherries and cedar. This is a elegant and sophisticated wine. The tannins are remarkably soft and sexy and has nice long legs. The acids are copious and delicious. At this time you can get the fruits and red cherries. It's coherent and pretty elegant wine.

2006 vintage

This does not have a perfect nose as it has more age on it than ideal, and that follows through to the palate. The quality of this, however, comes through and conquers this issue, and with time in the glass it really shines. Yum

1966 vintage

Cold War Nuclear Escalation Wine Club Dinner (Hong Kong Wine Vaults, Aberdeen, Hong Kong) : Bright, fresh, transparent ruby core opening to orange-red at the rim. Nose is OMG, refined and intense concentrated strawberries, wood, sous-bois, fresh-grated white truffle, diaphanous....impossible not to keep your nose in...dry rose petals....damp fernlands...a totally silence-creating nose. Palate is just drop-dead gorgeous elegant, seductive, mouth-watering....earth, very floral, light.....ethereal. Very subtle resonance....persistent....close to to transcendential. Very persistent.....flattened out with very extended time in the glass but …

1966 vintage

Dinner with JP and friends : For old wines I find that provenance mattered more than reputation and this bottle was in excellent condition and absolutely singing. Soaring nose of red fruit and flowers followed by a complex palate that unfolded like a peacock's tail. The stemmy undertone added a fine counterpoint to the lovely fruit. Held over 1.5 hours. A DRC not in its drinking window could be a complete waste, but then you encounter a bottle like this …

1966 vintage

very fresh and vibrant confit cherries laced with meaty flavors, autumn leaves and stem. The minerality of graphite gives depth and . In the mouth the wine is incredibly complex, the fruit is fresh and pure, the texturee is rich ad silky with perfectly mature tannins. The fruit leads to a whole range of flavor complexity. It's like a game banquet after a walk in the forest in autumn. Te finale is incredibly long. Thanks to Benoit for this great …

1966 vintage

Superb nose, superb wine. Gorgeous and beautiful.

1966 vintage

Oinofiloi Wine Club Christmas Tasting. Ruby. Typical pinot fruit with raspberries, violets, minerals and spices. Very elegant and refined. Mid-bodied with stiff tanins that need time to soften, good fruit and high acidity. Very long finish. Very primary, needs time to round-up and gain in flesh. That said, almost no one out of the panel got really impressed by this wine and most thought that it did not live up to its legend. This was possibly due to the fact …

2006 vintage

Typical cherry like colour, light and transparent. Vanilla, liquorice, violets, and caramel. Somewhat unrripe, focused and closed still. Minerality is present as well as small berry fruit. Very good quality of tannins, medium body, fruity and mineral in the mouth (cherries and graphite). This wine is not yet approachable though. A waste of money to open it now.

2006 vintage

My First DRC and Many Other Treats (Mirabelle, Austin, TX) : Wow. Talk about a lot of sour cherry. Loads of red fruits here and I wish there were more dark fruits here to give this some sweetness and keep the myriad spices (cinnamon, clove) in check. Lots of tannin and set my teeth on edge. OK-

2006 vintage

Light Lumber in the High Country - Part 2 : A stunningly good bottle of wine. Soaring nose, lots of smoke, earth and hickory. Beautiful.

1966 vintage

Likely the nose of the night. Simply intoxicating, almost cloying, but not quite.

1966 vintage

Another great bottle. Wonderful, and my red WOTN.

1966 vintage

This bottle was opened prior to any dinner and shared with a long time family friend from NYC who now lives in HK. The wine is a favorite of my husbands and he was anxious to drink it. The bottle was in decent shape and the cork had some leakage but it was removed without too much prying and in one piece. The wine was let to open for many hours according to our friend. The each got a about …

1966 vintage

Ray's note: Had soaring aromatics. Fantastic perfumed fruits, some confectioner's sugar, a touch of coffee and violets. Probably the best nose of the night. The palate wasn't bad either, but it didn't quite live up to the almost impossible task of matching the aromatics. Best bottle of this that I've ever had. Killer minus.

1966 vintage

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