Romanée Conti, 1924 A century-old bottle Original condition, in a period wicker basket. Provenance: descendants of Charles Brault (1897-1959), an amateur, part of whose cellar was bought by La Tour d'argent after his death. A 1924 bottle of Romanée Conti red wine. In a contemporary wicker basket. This bottle recalls the great history of Domaine de La Romanée Conti, named after the King's cousin, Louis François de Bourbon, Prince de Conti, who became owner in 1760. On the label of this 1924 bottle stands the name of Jacques Duvault-Blochet, who bought the estate at the dawn of his 80th birthday in 1869, in the company of two of his grandchildren representing the de Villaine & Chambon families, under whose surname is written "sole owners". The 1924 vintage in Burgundy saw the start of bottling at the château, under the impetus of Philippe de Rothschild. Spring and early summer were very favorable for the vines, flowering took place in superb weather, and the advance in vegetation enabled the grapes to withstand the less favorable atmospheric periods without damage and to reach satisfactory ripeness. A late harvest produces wines with good alcohol content, fine and full-bodied, but not very tannic. "A good year", says Idealwine. Around the world, 1924 was the year in which the Michelin Guide began thinking about awarding culinary stars, a process that would begin two years later; the year of the first Winter Olympics in Chamonix; the year of Lenin's death; and the year of Aznavour's birth. Anecdotally, it was also the year in which the women's looping world record was broken by Adrienne Bolland, who completed 212 loops in 72 minutes at Orly. It's a safe bet that this feat was celebrated with a bottle of Romanée Conti!