The story of Domaine De La Romanee Conti start in 1232 when the Abbey of Saint Vivant acquired 1.8 hectares of vineyard (which the current day monopole of Romanee Conti). In 1631 it was purchased by the de Croonembourg family, who renamed it Romanée. During their ownership, they also acquired what the current day monopole of La Tâche. In 1760, the de Croonembourg decided to sell the winery to Louis François, Prince of Conti. From then on, the winery became known as Romanée-Conti.
During the French Revolution, the prince’s land was seized and auctioned off. The next notable owner of DRC is Jacques-Marie Duvault-Blochet, who purchased it in 1869. Duvault Blochet acquired what is the current holdings of DRC in Échezeaux, Grands Échezeaux and Richebourg. One DRC’s entry level wines is named after Duvualt-Blochet.
DRC leased about 5.28 hectares of land in Romanee St. Vivant from the Marey-Monge family, with the option to buy the land if they ever sold it. The Marey-Monge did want to sell the land and in 1988, purchased their holdings in Romanee St. Vivant. As Romanee St. Vivant is only 9.43 hectares is size, DRC is the largest landowner of vineyards in Romanee St. Vivant by quite a lot.
Romanee St. Vivant is a grand cru site and the wine is made from 100% Pinot Noir grapes. In 1997, 790 cases of wine was produced
Correction: I may have said the video Richebourg is a monopole but it is not. There are other producers of Richebourg.
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