Museum · Vosne-Romanée

Romanée-Conti: Stand on Wine's Holiest Ground

The world's most expensive wine: 1.77 hectares producing 6,000 bottles yearly averaging $26,000 each—one 1945 bottle sold for $558,000 (2018)—DRC Romanée-Conti's violet & cherry Pinot Noir stands on Vosne-Romanée's holiest ground alone, monopole perfection.

What to do there

CulturalRomanée-Conti: Stand on Wine's Holiest Ground1.8 hectares. 6,000 bottles annually. $20,000+ per bottle. The Romanée-Conti vineyard isn't just wine's most expensive real estate - it's wine's Vatican City. You cannot visit the DRC cellar without major collector connections. But you CAN walk to the vineyard, touch the stone wall, and stand mid-slope where the greatest Pinot Noir on Earth is grown. The vines don't know you're not a billionaire. This is wine pilgrimage at its purest.

Places to see and wineries nearby

Museum · Beaune Musée du Vin de Bourgogne Since 1938 in the former Hôtel des Ducs de Bourgogne, the museum showcases 2000 years of winemaking—barrel-making secrets in the Hall of Cooperage, ancient presses in the vat room, UNESCO World Heritage Climats de Bourgogne at your fingertips.
Museum · Beaune Hospices Civils de Beaune Museum in the Hôtel-Dieu, founded 1443 by Burgundy's chancellor Nicolas Rolin — the medieval hospital's ornate halls now showcase the Hospices' 60-hectare estate (117 parcels of Grands/Premiers Crus) preserved as museum and charity institution.
Winery · Vosne-Romanee Domaine de la Romanée-Conti DRC: 28 hectares of Burgundy's holiest Grand Cru vineyards, averaging 25 hl/ha (three vines per bottle) — a 1945 Romanée-Conti sold for $558,000 in 2018.