Domain Romanee Conti Corton Grand Cru 2009 Bottle (75cl)
The 2009 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Corton Grand Cru is a red Burgundy wine from the Aloxe-Corton appellation, made from 100% Pinot Noir. This cuvée comes from the Corton climat and holds the Burgundy Grand Cru classification. The Wine Advocate awards it 95/100 and recommends drinking from 2019 to 2039; Jancis Robinson rates it 18.5/20, with a drinking window from 2018 to 2030. Critics describe a broad and opulent Corton with generous fruit, a dense core, fine tannins, and a persistent finish.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Packaging
- Loose
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- Red
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Bourgogne
- Appellation
- Aloxe Corton
- Producteur / Domaine
- Domaine de la Romanée Conti
- Parcelle / Cru
- Corton [Rouge]
- Millésime
- 2009
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 100% Pinot Noir
Domaine de la Romanée Conti
The Domaine de la Romanée-Conti is situated in Vosne-Romanée, in the Côte-d’Or. Operated by the Société Civile du Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, it comprises Grand Cru plots in the Côte de Nuits and the Côte de Beaune, including the monopoles of Romanée-Conti and La Tâche. It is owned in equal shares by the Gaudin de Villaine and Leroy-Roch families.
- Owner
- Familles Gaudin de Villaine et Leroy-Roch, réunies au sein de la Société Civile du Domaine de la Romanée-Conti
- Maître de chais
- Alexandre Bernier
- Surface (ha)
- 30.74 ha
- Production (average bottles per vintage)
- environ 80 000 bouteilles/an
Histoire du domaine
The history of the Romanée-Conti vineyard dates back to the Priory of Saint-Vivant, founded in the early 10th century, which owned land in Vosne during the Middle Ages. The future vineyard was known as the Cros des Cloux before being leased in perpetuity to Claude Cousin in 1584. It then passed to Jacques Venot in 1621, and subsequently to the de Croonembourg family; the name ‘Romanée’ first appears in historical records in 1651. In 1760, Louis-François de Bourbon, Prince of Conti, acquired the Romanée, with which his name remains associated. The vineyard was confiscated during the French Revolution and subsequently sold at auction in 1794. Jacques-Marie Duvault-Blochet bought La Romanée-Conti in 1869 and merged it with other wine-growing estates he already owned. Following a series of family transfers, the Société Civile du Domaine de la Romanée-Conti was incorporated on 31 July 1942, when Henri Leroy acquired Jacques Chambon’s shares. The estate acquired La Tâche in 1933, vineyards in Montrachet in 1963, and became the tenant of Romanée-Saint-Vivant Marey-Monge in 1966, before the partners acquired it in 1984. It also took on a lease for 2.2746 hectares of Corton in 2008, then entered into a sharecropping arrangement for 2.9132 hectares of Corton-Charlemagne in 2018. Since 2021, the estate has been co-managed by Bertrand de Villaine and Perrine Fenal; Alexandre Bernier oversees the cellar and winemaking.
Corton [Rouge]
Corton is both a Grand Cru appellation and a physically delimited terroir on the slopes of the Montagne de Corton, in the north of the Côte de Beaune. It does not constitute a single climat: red Corton can be followed by the name of one of the 24 climats authorized by the product specification. The plots are staggered across several slopes, with exposures ranging from east to south and then west, which explains a significant diversity of soils and characters. The area of 87.04 ha corresponds to the surface area in production declared as red in 2022, and not to the area of a single cadastral climat.
- Vineyard commune
- Aloxe-Corton, Ladoix-Serrigny et Pernand-Vergelesses
- Exposure
- from east to south, then west
- Altitude
- 240–350 m
- Slope
- variable; often steep in the upper half of the slope
- Soil
- Shallow and well-draining soils, rich in clay, sometimes very stony at the bottom of the slope; silty soils, low in fertility and sensitive to erosion higher up.
- Subsoil and geology
- Jurassic sedimentary formations: Dalle nacrée limestones and colluvium in the lower part, then clayey limestones and Upper Jurassic marls rich in silica, with chert, fine sands and silts; summit cornice of hard limestone.
Le domaine dans cette parcelle
- Estate holding in the vineyard (ha)
- 2.275000 ha
- Year the vineyard was acquired
- 2008
- Vineyard holding status
- Tenant farming agreement with Domaine Prince Florent de Mérode since November 11, 2008
- Indicative vine age
- The estate mentions "vieilles vignes" (old vines), without a specified age, in its Corton parcels.
Histoire de la parcelle
The presence of vines on the Montagne de Corton is attested as early as the early Middle Ages, notably through the donation of vineyards made in 775 by Charlemagne to the collegiate church of Saulieu. In the 12th century, the Abbey of Cîteaux owned an estate in Aloxe comprising vineyards in Clos de Courthon, while the Dukes of Burgundy held the future Clos du Roi. In 1855, Jules Lavalle classified Corton among the "out-of-line wines"; the commune of Aloxe added the name of the cru to its own in 1862. The Corton appellation d'origine contrôlée was recognized on July 31, 1937, and its parcel area was notably approved by the INAO on September 20, 1984.
