Domain Romanee Conti Richebourg Grand Cru 1988 Bottle (75cl)
The 1988 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Richebourg Grand Cru is a red Burgundy wine from the Vosne-Romanée appellation and the Richebourg parcel. Made 100% from Pinot Noir by Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, it belongs to the classification of Burgundy Grands Crus. The Wine Advocate awards it 96/100 and recommended drinking from 1995 to 2020. The critic describes a powerful and full-bodied wine, with earthy, spice, plum, soy sauce, and toasted oak notes, supported by a rich and concentrated structure.
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
- Vosne Romanée
- Producteur / Domaine
- Domaine de la Romanée Conti
- Parcelle / Cru
- Richebourg
- Millésime
- 1988
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.
Richebourg
Richebourg is both a Grand Cru appellation and a physically delimited climat of Vosne-Romanée, consisting of the lieux-dits Les Richebourgs and Les Véroilles ou Richebourgs. It occupies the foothills of the slope between 260 and 290 meters, on a gentle slope facing east. Its shallow, clayey, carbonate-rich soils with high iron oxide content rest on Bajocian marls and soft limestones, beneath a colluvial cover blending scree, clays, and silts.
- Vineyard commune
- Vosne-Romanée
- Exposure
- facing east
- Altitude
- 260–290 m
- Slope
- gentle to slight slope
- Soil
- Sparsely developed, carbonate-rich, shallow and heavily clayey soils, rich in iron oxides; colluvium of scree, clays, and silts.
- Subsoil and geology
- Bajocian calcareous marls and soft, frost-susceptible limestones, resting on the Jurassic limestone series of the Côte de Nuits.
Le domaine dans cette parcelle
- Estate holding in the vineyard (ha)
- 3.511000 ha
- Vineyard holding status
- owner
- Indicative vine age
- Average age indicated as 45 years for the 2009 vintage in professional documentation dedicated to the Domaine.
Histoire de la parcelle
The name Richebourg is attested as early as 1512. The Abbey of Cîteaux owned vines on the site, probably since the 17th century, and contributed to its renown. Recognized among the finest crus in the classifications of the 18th and 19th centuries, Richebourg was extended in 1924 to include Les Véroilles sous Richebourg following an agreement between owners ratified by the Court of Appeal of Dijon. The appellation d'origine contrôlée was recognized on September 11, 1936, with the boundaries defined in 1924.
