When to drink a Romanée-Conti?

Burgundy · indicative values: the producer, the vintage and storage conditions come first.

Map: where Romanée-Conti is. Burgundy region, France.

Red: the drinking window

Recommended ageing: 15 to 40 years after the vintage.

For example, a 2020 Romanée-Conti drinks best between 2035 and 2064, with a peak plateau around 2045-2058.

Vintage by vintage

A great year outlives an average one: the window moves with the vintage. The most recent rated years in Burgundy, applied to the ageing for Romanée-Conti given above.

Vintage	Rating	Drink
2023	Good	2038–2063
2022	Great	2037–2066
2021	Average	2035–2055
2020	Great	2035–2064
2019	Outstanding	2035–2067
2018	Great	2033–2062
2017	Great	2032–2061
2016	Great	2031–2060
2015	Outstanding	2031–2063
2014	Great	2029–2058
2013	Good	2028–2053
2012	Great	2027–2056

The full history, back to the older vintages: Red Burgundy.

How to read this window

Before the window opens, the wine is in its youth: fruit dominates, tannins or acidity can feel stern. During the peak plateau, everything falls into balance: this is the moment ageing prepares. Beyond it, the wine slowly declines: nothing unsafe, but the emotion fades. These are general benchmarks for the appellation, not a verdict on your bottle.

Curious where these numbers come from? The method is published in full: five levels from the estate down to the grape, corrected by the vintage and the bottle format.

From the same region

Other appellations in Burgundy, each with its own window:

What about your bottles?

Caviste computes this window for every bottle in your cellar: photograph the label, the sheet fills itself in (estate, vintage, appellation) and the app tells you when a bottle reaches its peak. Discover Caviste.