Domaine Romanee Conti Romanee Saint Vivant Grand Cru 1963 Bouteille (75cl) -8.5cm
The 1963 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Romanée-Saint-Vivant Grand Cru is a red Burgundy wine from the Vosne-Romanée appellation. Classified as a Burgundy Grand Cru, it comes from the Romanée-Saint-Vivant parcel and is crafted exclusively from Pinot Noir. This mature vintage bears the signature of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, the stated owner for this cuvée.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Packaging
- Loose
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- -8.5cm
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- Red
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Bourgogne
- Appellation
- Vosne Romanée
- Producteur / Domaine
- Domaine de la Romanée Conti
- Parcelle / Cru
- Romanée-Saint-Vivant
- Millésime
- 1963
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.
Romanée-Saint-Vivant
Romanée-Saint-Vivant is a physically demarcated climat of Vosne-Romanée corresponding to a Grand Cru appellation reserved for red wines. Located on a gentle piedmont plateau overlooking the village, between 247 and 260 meters, it slopes gently eastward. Its shallow, clayey, carbonate-rich soils with high iron oxide content cover a well-draining limestone subsoil, with a conglomeratic formation in its eastern part.
- Vineyard commune
- Vosne-Romanée
- Origin of the vineyard name
- The name "Romanée de Saint-Vivant" is recorded in 1765. "Romanée" was borrowed from a small neighboring parcel, while "Saint-Vivant" recalls the Cluniac monastery that historically owned the vineyard.
- Exposure
- eastward
- Altitude
- 247–260 m
- Slope
- gentle slope on a slight plateau
- Soil
- Slightly developed, carbonated, and shallow soils, heavily clayey, rich in iron oxides; colluvium of scree, clays, and silts.
- Subsoil and geology
- Bajocian entroquitic limestones; to the east, a conglomerate of limestone blocks in a salmon-pink marly matrix.
Le domaine dans cette parcelle
- Estate holding in the vineyard (ha)
- 5.286000 ha
- Year the vineyard was acquired
- 1988
- Vineyard holding status
- Owner since 1988, after tenant farming operations starting in 1966
Histoire de la parcelle
The Cluniac monastery of Saint-Vivant owned a wine estate in Vosne as early as the Middle Ages, consisting of clos precisely listed in 1512. The current climat brings together the former Cloux des Neuf Journaux, des Quatre Journaux, and du Moytant. Confiscated as ecclesiastical property during the French Revolution, it was acquired by the Marey-Monge family, who kept it until 1898 before it was partially divided. Already placed in the top categories of the 1816, 1855, and 1860 classifications, Romanée-Saint-Vivant was recognized as an appellation d'origine contrôlée on September 11, 1936.
