Tasting Notes
Vinous 92
The 2000 Richebourg Grand Cru from Domaine de la Romanee-Conti is a vintage that I have not tasted since just after bottling. (As I wrote recently, the millennial Burgundy reds, especially from the Cote de Nuits, are currently performing above expectations.) Now showing a little bricking on the rim, it boasts an engaging and transparent bouquet, tinctured with the green bell pepper trait common in this vintage. I admired its conspicuous undergrowth element although others might perceive it as a weakness. The palate is atypical for a Richebourg in terms of lacking the backbone of this Grand Cru, and in some ways it comes across more like a Romanee-Saint-Vivant. Sour red cherries, red currant and wild strawberry slowly give way to secondary notes of tobacco and more of that bell pepper. It is a nimble Richebourg that is a point, though it should give another 12 to 15 years of drinking pleasure.
Anticipated maturity: 2019-2032
Robert Parker 95
Moderate ruby colour. An outstanding backward "broody" nose: cherries, minerals with a touch of black truffles. The palate has robust tannins, very harmonious with good complexity. Leathery fruit. Palate does note quite match the nose but the finish is very focused and long. I prefer this to Romane-Saint-Vivant. (1,295 cases produced) Tasted February 2003.