Once again there is evident restraint to the almost taciturn but still kaleidoscopically broad-ranging nose of wonderfully pure and fresh and spicy aromas that include plenty of floral influences on the red currant, cherry,sandalwood and rose petal. The silky and equally pure middleweightflavors possess excellent punch and a similar level of minerality on the focused, powerful, linear and impressively persistent finish that slowly fans out as it sits on the palate. In contrast to the flash of the La Tâche, this is Zen-like in its sense of harmony and focus. Like many of the DRC '17s, this should be approachable somewhat earlier than normal yet still be capable of reward 20+ years of cellaring. Tasted: Jan 2020; Drink: 2037+; Issue: 77; Rating 97 Points; Allen Meadows; Burghound

This has gained in weight and intensity since I tasted it from barrel in October 2018, but it’s still innately graceful: a string quartet rather than a full orchestra perhaps. On the nose, aromas of incense, fresh tobacco and forest floor are complemented by sweet spices and stylish new oak. The palate is layered, refined and savoury, gaining in intensity on the tongue and finishing clean, bright and refreshing with the promise of greater things to come. Stunning. Tasted: Jan 2020; Drinking Window: 2029 – 2040; Rating: 98 Points; Tim Atkin MW

The Romanée-Conti delivers alluring green, mossy, tea like aroma, rose, fraises des bois and cherry. Very intense, pure and silky, it’s a step above the other in terms of complexity, class and length. Tasted: March 2020; Rating: 97 Points, Bruce Sanderson; Wine Spectator

Wafting from the glass with a deep and complex bouquet of dark wild berries, cassis, wilted rose petals, blood orange, exotic spices, licorice and coniferous forest floor, the 2017 Romanée-Conti Grand Cru is full-bodied, satiny textured and multidimensional. It's just as powerful as this year's La Tâche but even more elegantly framed by filigree structure, concluding with an intensely sapid and penetratingly fragrant finish. Pristinely balanced, this young Romanée-Conti possesses huge reserves for the long haul despite its deceptively supple youthful appeal, and it will reward extended bottle age. Tasted: Jan 2020; Drink: 2033-2070; Rating: 98 Points; William Kelley; Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate