TN:Domaine de la Romanée-Conti 2009

[dalilacene]

Here my try with english.
First only the pictures.
tasting notes in english is difficult for me.
i am only a amateur.
but here my notes;
The wines weren't decanted, but opend about five houres in advance. I started the tasting at five til half past six.
Corton and Romanée St. Vivant were quite amenable. The others needed some time. All of them are silky and toasted. They are complexe and do have a long aftertaste. All are cohere and balanced.
2009 is really,really good for the reds.
2008 Montrachet was many better than 2009,for me.

2009 Grand Echezeaux is really classic.

2009 Echezeaux many better than 2004,2005,2006,2007 ,2008 ,for me.

2009 RSVT is so feminine,elegant.

2009 La Tâche is really great.

2009 RC is RC,is not loud,but is RC.

2009 Corton is really especially,but is good in the DRC-line integrated.

2009 RB is also great,spicy,wildberries.






Corton the darkest



Romanée St.Vivant

Vanilla, forest fruits, cherries, flowery and still spicy. Fine acidity, subtle and a pleasant finesse. Extremely silky mouth feel and long clear aftertaste. After 45 minutes in the glass he became beautyfull. A feminine wine.


La Tâche

Black currant, toasted, forest fruits and slightly ethereal, coffee. His spiciness contains pepper. He does have a fresh acidity but is masculine still. Slightly earthy. He is in self-contained, balanced. Full-body, complex. Extreme long aftertaste.


Corton

He was the darkest und was there from the beginning. Plumbs and cherries. Biscuits, molasses (malt), slightly toasted sugar. Full-body and astonishing soft. Spiced, with a long aftertaste. Very present - he shows where he is coming from and is individual althoug. During the 1.5 hours (and the room temperature) he became lightly wider. Long aftertaste.


Richebourg

Currants, toasted, mocha and spiced. A soft sweetness. Full-body and balanced. Good spiciness an silky long aftertaste.


Echezeaux

Vanilla in the beginning and toasted. A subtle spice. Roses, cherries. Balanced acidity, silkiness in the mouth, long aftertaste. An elegante wine.


Grands Echezeaux

For me, the classic this evening. Blackberries, currants, biscuits, plums, violets, toasted, spiced. A well-balanced acidity. Realy complex and long aftertaste. The classic elegante.


Romanée-Conti

Cherries, forest fruits, red currants, violets. Spicy, cloves. Earthy, masculine and self-assured. He does have a tremendous potential and is inherently consistent. Cleare and silky. Fine acidity and extream long and spiced aftertaste.


La Tâche Water stain?



Le Montrachet

He needs time to pick up the pace. Strongly toasted, white tea, white peach, mangos. Potent but hardly variable. He does have a good acidity and a long aftertaste. But compared to the previous year he is hard to judge. He was introverted and dominated by toasted aromas.

[Michael R]

Wow!

Great notes Roman, thanks for posting.
The DRC Montrachet is a dream of mine......which reminds me to buy a ticket for next weeks lottery!

[markg]

Thanks for the effort .. great notes, thank you.

[dalilacene]

Wow!

Great notes Roman, thanks for posting.
The DRC Montrachet is a dream of mine......which reminds me to buy a ticket for next weeks lottery!

Michael and Mark thanks for the friendly words.
Michael when you win in the lotterie,buy the 2008 Montrachet was for me better,more classic .

[TiggerK]

Thanks Roman, a lot of effort went into that, good notes, well done. Looks like an amazing tasting!

When we win the lottery, as part of the private jet euro tour, we'll come over to Switzerland and say hello with a bottle of Montrachet 2008!

Cheers
Tim

[dalilacene]

Thanks,
please win.
that was last year my note Montrachet 2008 DRC.
You can sure see the difference;

Montrachet DRC 2008
fascinating, flavour changes in the glass.
Roasted rice,honey,quinces,peach,sudden flavours from fresh dark bread.
Next moment butter and vanille .Then citrus and white tea.
Good balance acidity,wonderful structure and elegant aftertaste.
Absolute delicious.

[Michael R]

Funnily enough another forumite (Cam) tasted it recently, (note: he normally scores really excellent wines 89, or 90 points....)

•2008 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Montrachet - France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Montrachet Grand Cru
Explosive and quite incredible multi-dimensional aromas - honey and graphite, pear, pineapple, orange peel, vanilla, an elusive wisp of smoke and with time the nose took on an additional set of floral notes. The intensity on the palate is at another level to any white wine I've tried previously, there is a richness that fills your mouth and yet it has the most stunning minerality and acidity that provided the wine with definition, drive and clarity. The wine just got better and better the longer it was in the glass, I kept some for as long as I could resist throughout the evening and it just continued to reveal more layers every time I went back to it. I don't know what a wine like this will be like in 10 years time, I only know that I thought it was brilliant already. 98/100

Just listening to him and Mark AS talk about it, made me think its actually worth the money....which is a bit scary

[dalilacene]

same note with more enthusiasm.
But that is the proplem with bad english,you can describe the feel not so good.
2008 Montrachet is a absolutely delicious wine.
The flavours was so kaleidoscopic,and from minute to minute others.