RP
95+
Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate
V
97
Vinous
WS
95
Wine Spectator
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Domaine de la Romanee Conti (DRC) Grands Echezeaux Grand Cru 2005

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97 Points - Vinous

I was blown away by the 2005 Grands-Echezeaux Grand Cru because though I have tasted it two or three times, never could I envisage that it would reach this level. It has laser-like precision on the nose with more blue fruit than I remember, so much mineralité, as if someone had just ground limestone directly into the wine glass. The palate is exquisitely balanced with filigree tannins framing the pure red fruit, a Pinot Noir with unerring symmetry. It gains weight and depth with aeration, ultimately transforming into a profound wine and one of the best bottles of Grands-Echezeaux that I have tasted from the domaine. 

95+ Points - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

The 2005 Grands-Echezeaux displays an utterly different, less charming personality than its 'little' sibling. Fresh black raspberry and black cherry hover between sorbet-like and faintly-caramelized manifestations. The palate is obviously dense, with considerable grip and ultra-fine tannins, incipient silkiness, but not the creaminess of the Echezeaux. Fresh berry, faintly tart fruit skin, and nut oils inform an uncannily kinetic finish that makes one’s mouth quiver. Once the grapes in these fabled vineyards had reached a potential alcohol of 13%, reports Aubert de Villaine, he was ready to pick, because conditions had seldom been so conducive to perfect ripeness (including that of the stems). It was all done in a week, commencing with La Tache and Romanee Conti, and finishing on September 23 with Romanee-St.-Vivant (and Montrachet, on which I shall report at a future date). De Villaine intended to bottle in March or April by gravity in six-barrel lots, as has become general practice here over the past decade. (

95 Points - Wine Spectator

From the aromas, this is immediately more intense and profound, offering blackberry and violet notes. Very silky, rich and concentrated, this refined wine has more sweetness at its center, with great finesse and length. A big step up from the Echezeaux.