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FIRST TASTE: DOMAINE DE LA ROMANÉE-CONTI 2017

We ask that you taste in silence’, said the sign by the door, alongside a further request to refrain from snapping selfies or bottle shots. Those entreaties were in vain: social media was full of attendees’ photos and, even though the packed room was quiet and respectful, conversation was still audible, not least between Aubert de Villaine, DRC’s esteemed co-manager, and journalists who wanted to discuss the vintage.

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