4.7 stars -
3 professional reviews
€ 3.695,00
(ex Vat)
€ 4.470,95 (in Vat)
€ 4.695,00
(ex Vat)
€ 5.680,95 (in Vat)
Richebourg slightly bin soiled label 2016 <a href='/wine/french-wine/burgundy-wine/cote-de-nuits/'>Domaine de la Romanee Conti</a>
| ex Vat |
€ 4.695,00 |
| in Vat |
€ 5.680,95 |
| Volume |
0,75l |
Professional reviews
Robert Parker (97)
Broader-shouldered and ampler than the Romanée-St-Vivant, the 2016 Richebourg Grand Cru unfurls in the glass with a lavish bouquet of cassis, dark plums, candied peel, potpourri, Asian spices, peonies and smoked duck. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, rich and expansive, with considerable depth and dimension at the core, and a gourmand, almost fleshy profile that marries beautifully with its cool, precise fruit tones and its velvety structuring tannins. This is a superb Richerbourg that to my palate surpasses the 2015 rendition.
Jancis Robinson (19)
Vines aged 46 years. 24 hl/ha. Harvested 23–24 September. Bottled late March 2018. 868 dozen produced.
Lightish ruby. Very pretty cherry fruit jumping from the glass and just a touch of wild herbs from the whole-bunch influence. Opens up to a more peppery lift, almost makes me want to sneeze. I’ve never taken snuff but I wonder if the revitalising effect is similar? There’s still all that tangy wild cherry on the palate but it is more severe than I expected from the nose, really corseted by the super-fine but strict tannins. Amazing power after such a pretty first impression. As with the Romanée-St-Vivant, the whole-bunch aroma – very hard to describe but it has a sort of fresh, herbal, dusty, woodland effect – grows in the glass. Darker on the finish, really sinewy and perfectly firm, compact, endless.
Jasper Morris (97)
Another magical imperial purple, again some sign of stems on the nose. A bit closer to blockbuster though in the build. Completely intensely mouth-filling, a sumptuous weight of fruit towards the back, darker fruit notes here, some plum and even blackberry, yet still finely balanced. Richebourg muscles! Adorable. On the palate the stems do not intrude.
