This lot is comprised of 4 bottle(s) of 2008 DRC Romanee St Vivant, Echezeaux, La Tache, Richebourg - 750ml. Estimate for this lot is between $16000 - $20000 with a Buy it now price of $18000. The wine in this lot belongs to collection 11535. In this lot 1 bottle of 2008 DRC Romanee St Vivant, 1 bottle of 2008 DRC Echezeaux, 1 bottle of 2008 DRC La Tache and 1 bottle of 2008 DRC Richebourg.
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These bottles are from the cellar of a long time licensee (restaurant) in Eastern Canada. They were acquired on release from the agent and immediately stored in the restaurant's environmentally controlled cellar until coming to Iron Gate.
The score 95 for 2008 DRC Romanee St Vivant is from Burghound, Allen Meadows and this is the tasting note - Les Poulaillères lieu dit. Bright red berry fruits with herbal, mineral complexity The score 93 for 2008 DRC Echezeaux is from Burghound, Allen Meadows and this is the tasting note - and subtle oak spices lead into a lingering finish. The score 96 for 2008 DRC La Tache is from Burghound, Allen Meadows and this is the tasting note - This takes a while to get going because like the Richebourg, this is initially reduced so you'll need to decant it if you're going to sacrifice a young wine on the altar of curiosity. After aggressive swirling, a highly expressive and kaleidoscopic nose offers up a dazzling breadth of aromas with more rose petal and violet notes combining with those of kirsch, herb and humus, all of which are reflected by the ripe, pure and extremely fresh silkily-textured big-bodied flavors that possess firm tannins that are completely enrobed by the impressive amount of extract that also coats the mouth on the hugely long and ever-so-slightly minty finish. The '08 La Tâche is not an especially powerful wine by its standards and it's more like a gymnast with its sleek muscularity. That said and again like the Richebourg, all of the structural elements are not yet in perfect balance but the sheer length of the finish is immense, which is always a very positive sign.
The score 94 for 2008 DRC Richebourg is from Burghound, Allen Meadows and this is the tasting note - A slightly less elegant but more complex nose that is intensely floral with a superb range of spice and fruit elements woven into the aromatic framework but the primary non-fruit nuance is a very distinctive rose petal character that gives way to detailed, pure and vibrant broad-shouldered flavors that drive home to an explosive, powerful, linear and tautly muscled finish where effects of the stem are quite evident. This is at present extremely backward and it's clear that not all of the structural elements are in sync.