2002 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti - Burgundy, Romanée-Saint-Vivant Grand Cru - 1 Bottle (0.75L)

2002 DRC Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Romanée St-Vivant Grand Cru

96 Jasper Morris 01/2019

Not one of the deeper colours and suggesting the start of evolution. The bouquet however is blissful, shining out ahead of its neighbours in the tasting. The marvellous rose petal perfume suffuses the nose. The palate is rather more austere, with some acidity, but it begins to fill out nicely with exposure to air. There are some greener notes, relevant to the use of stems in a just ripe vintage, but this is absolutely part of the style which gives such high class aromatics. One of the bottles of the evening.