1969 - Older Wine

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Sweet vermouth. Dried fig opens to spiced (cloves, nutmeg, pepper, cinnamon)_read more

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90+ Points | Critical Acclaim

90 Points James Suckling | Raspberries, blackberries, blackcurrants, grilled peppers, tomato leaves and spice box on the nose. Medium-bodied with firm tannins...read more

{'WS': '91'}

Burghound | The dark color a bit now with a ruby ​​heart. A nose of caramel and smoke that has a slightly weird lactic aroma that has never led to completely dispel the rich, but good, very mature flavors and a little round, supple, very detailed finish. There is a certain rusticity in the finish. Still, I loved it but it is more for those who appreciate very mature Burgundy.

90+ Points Critical Acclaim | 'WS': '91' Points

Wine Spectator 91 points | Surprisingly tannic for such an old wine, but a lovely drink allthe same, with smoky aromas and concentrated blackberry flavors. Will the tannins soften? Try around 1995.--Mouton-Rothschild vertical_read more

A French wine, rated a Premier Cru Classé (First Growth), produced in the Gironde region. Of the five first growths in the Bordeaux classifications of 1855, it is the only wine with the Pessac-Léognan appellation and is perhaps the ancestor of a classification that remains the benchmark to this day.

90+ Points | Critical Acclaim

The Wine Advocate writes 96 Points the 1966 Latour remains an exemplar of the vintage, certainly one of the best, if not the best Left Bank wine of the vintage...read more.

{'WS': '90'}

Domaine de la Romanée Conti is co-owned by the de Villaine and Leroy/Roch families, the former successors to Jacques-Marie Duvault Blochet who bought the vineyard of La Romanée Conti in 1869, the latter since acquiring the shares of other descendants of Duvault-Blochet in 1942. The Domaine is today run by Aubert de Villaine and Henri-Frederic Roch. Many people in Burgundy just refer to 'DRC' as "the Domaine".

{'WS': '90'}

{'WS': '98', 'WA': '96'}

95% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc Average age of vines is 42-45 years. 30 acres producing 4,000 cases.

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