I have made it my "calling" to discover emotional wines for you to seek out and enjoy in your personal hedonistic quest. These vins d'émotion have nerve, tension, and energy behind their hedonistic intensity. I hope they evoke your passion: the passion to explore and the passion to have another …
Domaine de la Romanee Conti
The DRC Richebourg 2010 and a contrasting RSV
The luxury of tasting wines from Domaine de la Romanee-Conti is a rare pleasure that one is lucky to indulge from time to time. I could say that the wines have become tremendously expensive, and I would be right. But they were always expensive, so this is really beyond the point. In some …
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Terroir Insight: Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Corton-Charlemagne
Time is flying. There have already been 11 vintages since Domaine de la Romanée-Conti took on the making of a red Corton in 2009, and now the legendary estate is tackling another of Burgundy's greats: Corton-Charlemagne. Its opportunity comes, of course, via the vineyards of the historic …
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Terroir Insight: Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Bâtard-Montrachet
A legendary, yet somehow unknown, wine; a wine not sold, but served on occasion; a wine above commercial interest; and a hedonistic blessing for a lucky few. I am of course talking about the Bâtard-Montrachet from Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, a wine served only - or should I say mainly - at …
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Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, Romanée-Saint-Vivant 2009 – 7 years after
The treat of tasting a great and delightful wine from Domaine de la Romanée-Conti is rare .. both due to the financial expenses of tasting one of the top end wines - and perhaps even more so due to the fact that one have to find a wine that is in what I would call a gentle drinking mood. One such …
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