Domaine Romanee Conti Bottle Number?!

W_A_I_PO · February 23, 2014, 10:20am

Hi all: I just have a question when I watching TV tonight. Anyone know why some Domaine Romanee Conti, Romanee Conti has 5 digits number and some have 6 digits number? Any explanation?

Thanks a lot in advance

Rick_Smith · February 23, 2014, 1:13pm

Depends on who made them.

Craig_G · February 23, 2014, 1:15pm

Chris_Freemott · February 23, 2014, 1:20pm

Brilliant Rick. Absolutely brilliant.

W_A_I_PO · February 25, 2014, 2:40am

Thanks Rick

jbray23 · February 25, 2014, 4:15am

Size of the vintage

Gerhard_P · February 25, 2014, 6:21am

No - certainly not.
From the 6 ha La Tâche (largest holding) there cannot be more than 30.000 bottles produced, even not in the “richest” vintages -

actually rarely more than 25.000 …

All I can say; indeed there are bottles/vintages with 5 and with 6 digit bottle numbers. In any case, if six, the first digit is zero!

Why then 6 digits at all - I have no idea? Maybe a printing counter with six digits ?

E.g.: in 1985 all numbers seem to have 6 digits - even Montrachet.
The six digits seem to have been used in the 70ies and (mid-)80ies … in 1988 only 5 digits.

Barry_P · May 28, 2020, 1:42pm

I believe that Wilson Daniels gets it.

J_Cohen · July 11, 2020, 7:55pm