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2007 Domaine de la Romanee-Conti, Richebourg Grand Cru
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John Gilman
Not surprisingly, the very elegant style of the 2007 vintage plays more into the hands of a terroir such as Romanée- St.-Vivant more so than it does with Richebourg, as this is a vintage that glories in delicacy, lace-like complexity and profound soil tones, none of which are really quintessential aspects of the terroir of Richebourg. Nevertheless, the domaine has made a beautiful bottle of ’07 Richebourg, but be forewarned that this is one of the least powerful young vintages of this wine to emerge from DRC in many years. That of course is not to say that it is any less in terms of quality, but stylistically it is very much a creature of its vintage. The bouquet is deep and gorgeous, as it offers up notes of red berries, cherries, lovely minerality, coffee, roses and vanillin oak. On the palate the wine is fullish, deep and tangy, with lovely length and focus, good mid-palate intensity, particularly fine transparency for young Richebourg, and fine-grained tannins on the long and tangy finish. This wine may well put on weight in the bottle, but I might prefer to say it always remain the lean and impressively complex thoroughbred that it is out of barrel. A lovely bottle.
Stephen Tanzer
Bright medium red. Pungent aromas of wild strawberry, minerals, spices and pepper. Not a fat wine but classy and suave, with terrific peppery, minerally lift in the middle palate. With aeration, this classically dry wine showed a stronger soil component and mounting power. Finishes with superb breadth and an impression of weightlessness. I might have initially mistaken this for the RSV-and vice-versa-had I tasted these blind, but this is ultimately the more powerful wine.
Wine Spectator
Reserved after bottling and shipping, displaying strawberry and spice aromas and flavors. Though rich and fleshy for the vintage, this is a slimmed-down version, with present tannins making it a bit square on the back end, despite its long finish.
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2007 Richebourg Grand Cru from Domaine de la Romanée-Conti is a wine that is "open for business" like many 2007s that decided that there is little point in waiting to please wine lovers. The color gives a lot away. Compared to a dozen other Richebourg, this was the palest in color by far - though looks can be deceptive, especially here. The aromatics still show the stem addition quite conspicuously, although I noticed that these aromas, which are almost ash-like, subside with continued aeration over 40-45 minutes. The palate is medium-bodied with tart red cherry and raspberry fruit, a fine line of acidity and wonderful transparency. I would not hold it up as an exemplar of Richebourg, rather a Grand Cru that is just delicious to drink at the moment. Something I did notice was how it coalesced and gained weight with aeration, so despite its paleness, do not fear decanting this Richebourg for 30 minutes.
Burghound.com
A much more restrained, even taciturn nose that is actually quite ripe, spicy, fresh and diaphanous features primarily floral infused red berry, mineral and Asian spice aromas that merge gracefully into supple, round and tautly muscled broad-shouldered flavors that are almost as pure as those of the RSV, all wrapped in a detailed, focused and almost painfully intense finish brimming with minerality and striking length. This is a karate champion of a wine that isn't especially big but the power and authority of the punch is hard to believe. I suspect that despite the fact that the '07 Riche will not be a long distance runner by the standards that are typical here, this will be a late bloomer in terms of permitting a true assessment of its character and potential, meaning at least a decade.
Burghound
A much more restrained, even taciturn nose that is actually quite ripe, spicy, fresh and diaphanous features primarily floral infused red berry, mineral and Asian spice aromas that merge gracefully into supple, round and tautly muscled broad-shouldered flavors that are almost as pure as those of the RSV, all wrapped in a detailed, focused and almost painfully intense finish brimming with minerality and striking length. This is a karate champion of a wine that isn't especially big but the power and authority of the punch is hard to believe. I suspect that despite the fact that the '07 Riche will not be a long distance runner by the standards that are typical here, this will be a late bloomer in terms of permitting a true assessment of its character and potential, meaning at least a decade.