ROMANEE CONTI 1996 DOMAINE DE LA ROMANEE-CONTI |

Romanée Conti 1996 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Côte de Nuits, Grand CruLevel into the neck, heavily cellar soiled and nicked label with vintage partially not visible, vintage confirmed on back label and vintage neck label, slightly nicked vintage neck label, scuffed capsule, slight signs of seepageThe total experience in this great vintage. The bouquet has everything. Violets, peat, raspberries. A mind-blasting total taste. A huge mouthful of wild cherries with plummy fruit, liquorice, all backed up by terrific tannin and ace acidity. Peat and black cherries on the finish. Monumental wine - a pillar of the vinous century in Burgundy. Serena Sutcliffe, MW WA (96-98)1 bt (sc)Estimates are per lot