2021 Domaine de la Romanee-Conti, Romanee-Saint-Vivant Grand Cru 1x750ml

Burghound 94

A kaleidoscopically spicy broad-ranging nose is both much more floral and more elegant with its notes of lavender, dried rose petal, jasmine tea, tangerine peel and cool red currant. The gorgeously textured and sublimely delicate yet quite punchy middleweight plus flavors possess the finest mouthfeel in the range, all wrapped in a superbly long, youthfully austere and delineated finale that seems just a bit skinny at present. This is at once understated and very classy and my rating offers the benefit of the doubt that it will eventually flesh out with time in bottle. [Allen Meadows, 01/10/2024]