Romanée-Conti, a grand cru climat of the Vosne-Romanée appellation, is quite easily one of the most famous vineyards in the world. It covers just 1.81 hectares (4.47 acres) of vines on the midslope of the Côte d’Or, and is a monopole of Burgundy’s iconic Domaine de la Romanée-Conti. The vineyard makes less than 500 cases of a single Pinot Noir that is one of the most expensive and sought-after wines in the world. The 2012 Romanée-Conti is one of the most spellbinding that I have tasted since I began 17 years ago. The bouquet is quite astonishing with brilliant delineation and focus, an almost disorientating sense of mineralité that soars from the glass and leaves you speechless. The palate is perfectly proportioned with a sensational line of acidity, brimming over with energy and frisson. This flirts with perfection and you know, one day it might actually achieve it. Just 350 cases produced. Reviewed by Neal Martin. Issue date: February 2015. Drinking window: 2020-2050.
