Iron Gate Fine Wine Auction-Gold Club Only
Wed, Jun 4, 2025 03:00PM EDT - Thu, Jun 5, 2025 03:00PM EDT
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- 1996
- 750ml
- France
- Burgundy
- Cote de Nuits
- Vosne-Romanee
- Pinot Noir
- Red
- DRC
Lot 101
1996 DRC Romanee St Vivant Grand Cru - 1 bottle(s)-750ml
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This lot is comprised of 1 bottle(s) of 1996 DRC Romanee St Vivant Grand Cru - 750ml. Estimate for this lot is between $2500 - $3500 with a BUY IT NOW of $3000. The wine in this lot belongs to collection 11625.
Please note the following bottle conditions in this lot - Burgundy In Neck And Scuffed Label
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The consignor was introduced to these wines through a former client he had worked with, marking his first experience with fine wine. Given the opportunity, he chose to purchase them for personal enjoyment. As he no longer resides at the property where the wines were originally stored, he made the decision to consign them. Prior to their transfer to Iron Gate, the bottles were stored in a temperature-controlled environment.
1996 DRC Romanee St Vivant Grand Cru has following scores - Decanter 97 , Jeannie Cho Lee (formerly Asian Palate) 96, Vinous 95 , Wine Spectator 95, John Kapon Vintage Tastings 95. 1996 DRC Romanee St Vivant Grand Cru has the score of 94 from Robert Parker and the tasting note -The 1996 Romanée Saint-Vivant Grand Cru continues to be an absolutely delightful wine from Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, and puts to rest memories of a sub-par bottle tasted blind several years ago. Now two decades old, it retains a healthy color with little sign of ageing. The bouquet is fresh and vital, angular at first yet seeming to gain harmony with each swirl of the glass. It is not intense, but prioritizes clarity and tension over power. Dark berry fruit emerge first, briary and Vervain tea, an underlying mineralité eventually coming forth. The palate is very well balanced, quite linear and certainly not flamboyant or flattering. It makes you, the taster, work to seek out its nuances, its energy and refinement. Hints of black cherry intermingle with a marine-like undertow that governs that finish. It does not posses huge depth and I think Aubert de Villaine makes a more sophisticated wine nowadays, but it remains a joy.