Detailed Description
Like many Burgundy estates, La Tâche is first and foremost a monastic estate. He then knew two owner families, including the Joly de Bévy who were dispossessed during the Revolution. Owned by the Basires, then by the Liger-Belairs, the entire La Tâche vineyard was attached to the Domaine de La Romanée Conti in 1933. Meticulous care given to the vines, a strict yield policy and the latest possible harvests give an aromatic and opulent wine. Deeply colored, La Tâche develops a palette of extraordinary aromas of black fruits, truffles and spices. Rich and concentrated, its bouquet deploys an infinity of nuances that blend into a harmonious whole of great finesse. A wine that is always exceptional, even in difficult vintages.
Reviews:
- Allen Meadows: As is often the case in its youth, this easily possesses the most aromatic breadth of any wine in the range with an utterly kaleidoscopic nose that incorporates notes of Asian spice box elements, rose petal, lavender, lilac, orange pekoe tea and sandalwood. There is superb richness to the powerfully constituted flavors that possess outstanding delineation and intensity while displaying perhaps even more minerality than usual, all wrapped in a mildly warm finish that slowly fans out as it sits on the palate. This is one classy wine that manages to do what only the greatest of burgundies can, which is to wow you with its power without weight mouth palate impression. And if all of this weren’t enough, the refinement and poise here are nothing short of riveting. While I am very careful when it comes to proclaiming that such and such a vintage of La Tâche will go down as one of the all-time greats, the 2015 version appears to have the potential to be one of them. Time will of course be the final arbiter but the underlying material is so good it’s difficult to be less than super-enthusiastic.
Producer Information
Considered the pinnacle of Burgundy, Domaine de la Romanee-Conti produces some of the world’s most revered wines from its tiny vineyards in Vosne-Romanee. Two of the Domaine’s seven Grand Cru vineyards – La Romanée-Conti and La Tache – are monopoles (appellations entirely owned by the Domaine) and unarguably the greatest vineyards in Burgundy. Richebourg, Romanee-St.-Vivant, Grands-Echezeaux, Echezeaux, and Montrachet (in Chassagne) are also Grand Cru vineyards, yielding sublime wines that are among the most highly-sought, seductive and rarest in the world.
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