TIME TO BUY?
Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, Echézeaux 2019
39% down from peak
The two that really stood out relative to their normal quality levels were the Echézeaux and the RSV, but I repeat, they're all terrific.
In short, 2019 is quite simply a knockout good vintage for the domaine.
Allen Meadows, burghound.com, January 2022
Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, Echézeaux 2019
£6,600 per 3 bottle case in bond
Allen Meadows, of burghound.com, writes about the 2019s from DRC as follows: "I would add that with the exception of the Corton, all of the 2019s here are incredible….The two that really stood out relative to their normal quality levels were the Echézeaux and the RSV, but I repeat, they're all terrific. In short, 2019 is quite simply a knockout good vintage for the domaine and with as many fantastic vintages as they have had, this is really saying something."
Meanwhile William Kelley (robertparker.com) comments: "This was a particularly memorable tasting at the Domaine de la Romanée-Conti. Revisiting the bottled 2019s was thrilling, as these are some of the most sensual, dramatic young wines I've ever tasted at this address."
The Liv-ex Market Price of has fallen 38.5% from a peak of £42,905/12bts, in August 2022, to its current level of £26,400/12 (£6,600/3)
With a correction of this magnitude and an apparent levelling out, is this now a TIME TO BUY?
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Liv-ex Market Price in dark blue. Liv-ex Average List Price in pale blue.
Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, Echézeaux Grand Cru 2019
£6,600 per 3 bottle case in bond, original wooden case
95 points, Allen Meadows, burghound.com, January 2022
An overtly spicy and agreeably cool nose combines notes of soy, star anise, clove and sandalwood with those of plum, violet and a hint of jasmine tea. Here too there is excellent intensity to the attractively textured medium-bodied flavors that flash seriously good length on the ever-so-mildly warm finale. This compact, dusty and moderately austere bitter pit fruit-inflected effort is going to need extended cellaring to arrive at its full apogee. As I noted last year, I don't ever recall seeing a better vintage from barrel and all of that potential appears to have made it into bottle. In sum, the 2019 Ech is as good as any vintage in recent memory from the domaine. Drink 2036+
95+ points, William Kelley, robertparker.com, January 2022
Deeper pitched than the domaine's Corton, the 2019 Échézeaux Grand Cru exhibits aromas of blackberries, plums, exotic spices, orange rind and rose hips. Full-bodied, rich and ample, its broad, textural attack segues into a deep and concentrated mid-palate and a long, saline finish. This is a sensual, enveloping, elegantly muscular Échézeaux that has fulfilled all the promise it showed in barrel. Drink 2029-2060