Domaine de la Romanée-Conti – Richebourg Grand Cru 2014 – Burgundy France

Richebourg is the muscular one — fatter, riper and more powerfully concentrated than its neighbours, and famously slow to reveal itself. The 2014 was picked over two days in late September at just under 30 hectolitres per hectare, and is built for the very long haul.

🍷 At a Glance

• Grape: 100% Pinot Noir
• Appellation: Richebourg Grand Cru, Vosne-Romanée
• Region: Côte de Nuits, Burgundy
• Vintage: 2014
• Producer: Domaine de la Romanée-Conti
• Holding: Roughly half the vineyard, the largest single share
• Harvest: 20 and 21 September, at 29.75 hectolitres per hectare
• Viticulture: Biodynamic since the mid-1980s; old vines, very low yields, hand-harvested in multiple passes
• Vinification: Whole-cluster fermentation with no destemming, indigenous yeasts, long macerations at moderate temperature; 100% new François Frères oak; unfiltered
• Production: 1,160 cases
• Serving temperature: 15–17°C
• Style: Dry red wine

👃 Tasting Notes & Experience

• Color: Deep, classic Pinot ruby
• Nose: Flamboyant and vivacious — blossoming red cherry, crushed strawberry and pressed rose petal
• Palate: Medium-bodied and lively, with a white-pepper entry and a faint tincture of black truffle through the dark fruit
• Structure: Superb backbone and density, with real delineation
• Finish: Extraordinarily long, with something wild and estuarine about it

Where Romanée-Saint-Vivant is floral and silken, Richebourg is fleshy and forceful — the Domaine's most obviously powerful red after La Tâche, and the one that most rewards patience. 2014 was a cooler, classically proportioned Burgundy vintage, and the wine came out of barrel delivering exactly what it had promised: exuberant aromatics over serious structure. Critics who tasted it early were direct about the timeline — less immediately flattering than the RSV, and worth waiting a decade for. The drinking window runs to 2050.

❤️ Why We Love It

• The powerhouse of the Vosne Grands Crus, from the estate that owns half of it
• A low-yielding, classically shaped vintage with a drinking window stretching to 2050
• A single bottle of one of the world's most sought-after wines

🍽️ Food Pairing Ideas

• Roast venison or hare
• Truffle and wild mushroom dishes
• Aged hard cheeses

👤 Who This Wine Is For

✓ Collectors laying down a wine for the next twenty-five years
✓ Drinkers who want DRC at its most powerful and structured
✕ Not a wine to open now if you want it at its best

96 points, Wine Advocate. Drink 2020–2050.