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Auction: SFW12 - Wines & Spirits
Lot: 8

Romanee Conti, Domaine de la Romanee Conti, 2005 Burgundy, Grand Cru, Cote de Nuits. Pristine condition. In wooden case. Currently stored in bonded warehouse in London. Bottle No. 02735. 1 bottle (75cl). About Romanee Conti 2005 The Wine Advocate April 2007, 99-100 points ¡§There are more startling complexities in the 2005 Romanee-Conti than in any other wine here today, perhaps in the vintage. A stunning, high-toned and utterly unique perfume of pink grapefruit, blood orange, tangerine rind, vivid rose petal, musk, cinnamon, sage, and cassis seduces the olfactors in kaleidoscopic rotation. I hesitate to court sacrilege or ridicule with Germanic allusions but it is impossible not to imagine a great Pinot scented with Gewurztraminer and Scheurebe. On the palate, a pure, clean meatiness emerges, like butchering a meadowfed lamb, bitter-sweet flowers flying forth in an inner-mouth profusion. Soy and black truffle lend a dark, savory note to the proceedings, leading the long finishing procession over a path strewn with rose petals. Fear not: despite its silken texture, there are abundant tannins woven into this amazing tapestry as well, and I am sure those lucky enough to own some can retain it as collateral, then leave it to their children, safe in the knowledge it has not decayed. Reverential drinking after a dozen or more years would, however, be my preference.¡¨

Estimate
HK$90,000