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  • Country ranking ?

    399
  • Producer ranking ?

    57
  • Decanting time

    3h
  • When to drink

    from 2020
  • Food Pairing

    Garlic Roasted Pork Shoulder

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96 points Allen Meadows - Burghound

 Fireworks in a glass would be the operative description of the super-fresh nose of the 2014 La Tâche and while it's not necessarily spicier or more floral than the Riche, there is a broader range of elements present and in particular better overall aromatic depth along with more red fruits than dark. The imposingly powerful and tautly muscular flavors possess outstanding mid-palate density while simultan...

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The Story

Well-cared for vines, strictly controlled yields and as late as possible harvest produces an aromatic and opulent wine. Deeply coloured, La Tâche develops a palate of extraordinary aromas of dark fruits, truffle and spices.

Rich and concentrated, its bouquet releases infinite tones that melt in the mouth to form a lovely ensemble – always exceptional, even in the difficult vintages. Hence in 1950 and 1951, it was the only wine in the domain...

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Wine Information

Each year, once the harvest is over, it seems important for us to try to describe some of the significant events around which the vintage has taken shape. 

How could we fail to mention first the splendor of the mosaic of "climats", this work of art that stretches out in front of us in the autumnal sun? During this short and magic moment, the vineyards, relieved of their fruit, dazzle us with the splendid beauty of the leaves that have turne...

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Vintage 2014

The 2014 vintage in Burgundy was a very complicated one, although less so than those in 2013, 2012 and 2011, which featured dramatic crop shortages due to shatter, bad fruit sets and hailstorms.

In 2014, there were two problems which resulted in crop loss: hail in the Côte de Beaune, especially inMeursault; and poor flowering in some of the hillside vineyards of Puligny and Meursault.

The winter temperatures were above average with only ...

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Tasting note

color

Light, Purple and Bright

ending

Medium, Lingering and Spicy

flavors

Blackberry, Raspberry, Voluptuous, Floral, Perfumed and Spice

nose

Intense, Fresh, Seductive and Charming

taste

Medium tannin, Perfectly balanced, Complex, Youthful, Medium-bodied, Elegant, Fruity, Vivid and Dry

Veridict

Fine

Written Notes

The 2014 is full bodied and spicy with notes of spice, red fruit, cedar and autumn berries. There is beautiful concentration on the palate with a silky texture, elegant, ripe tannins and a seductive, long finish. It would be tempting to drink this wine already but it will probably need around 6-8 years of aging to reveal its true distinction.

  • 95p

Bright medium red. Ineffably complex, pure scents of fresh raspberry, cherry, rose petal, peppery spices, crushed herbs and mint. Almost surprisingly silky on entry, then sweet but very restrained, even a bit ungiving, in the middle palate, with pungent red berry and mineral flavors conveying an impression of electric energy. This wine builds slowly and inexorably with air, opening out into a peacock's talk of a finish that's lifted by a pungent hint of green pepper. This youthfully austere wine will need a good 15 years to display its inherent flesh and richness but even today it stands out for its finesse.

  • 96p

In this vintage, La Tache is all about floral notes and sweet raspberries at this early stage in its ilfe. The palate shows more of the spiciness which characterizes La Tache with a minerally, long finish which is classic to this vineyard. Complex, with attractive sweet berries on the mid palate. Intensely floral and elegant 2014, almost Romanee St Vivant-like in its feminine florality.

  • 96p

Lightish garnet. Like the Richebourg, there is an initial sweetness here. Smells so cool and delicately fragrant. Then on the palate, there is real power, the tannins holding everything in tightly as on the Grands Échezeaux but here the acidity spills around the edges and lifts it to terrific intensity on the palate. Firm, chalky texture but still fluid. Long and so refined that the power is disguised. In the empty glass, there is a return to fruit sweetness, showing the complexity and range in this wine. (JH)

  • 96p

The 2014 La Tâche Grand Cru was picked on 17, 18 and 20 September at 32 hectoliters per hectare, bottled between 1 and 25 April 2016. It has a quite startling bouquet: dark berry fruit, bay leaf, hints of jasmine tea and autumn leaves. It delivers multi-faceted aromatics, a mercurial bouquet, brown spices emerging with continued aeration in the glass. It is a tad more forward than I expected. The palate is medium-bodied with great structure and fine grip. This is a slightly more masculine La Tâche and replicating its performance in barrel, the fruit spectrum shimmies from red to black (incidentally, exactly as I observed when I tasted it in barrel). There is a lovely lift on the finish that leaves you with a piquant kiss on the cheek. This is wonderful.

  • 96p

Bright ruby. Red berries, raspberries, floral and fruity, light besides the 2015's next to it, delicate. Scented and floral. Open for La Tache. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, fresh, fruity, red berries, elegant texture, playful, detailed, nuanced, lovely balance, somewhat firmer behind, long. 96

  • 96p

La Tâche DRC 2014 – first closed, with monstrous underlying material, dense, big wine, waiting to wake up…..after 1 h showing its sheer class, terrific – 97

  • 97p
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Origin

Vosne-Romanée, Burgundy

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