Domaine de la Romanée-Conti could have made twice as much wine this year if they hadn’t felt compelled to make severe, agonising selection from soon after flowering, through harvest and into the winery,
But of course they wouldn’t have. Their enduring reputation for quality is everything.
As co-director Perrine Fenal said when I spoke to her after their annual London tasting, a reverential seated affair chez their UK importer Corney & Barrow and the first showing of...
