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  • Country ranking ?

    1 189
  • Producer ranking ?

    223
  • Decanting time

    30min
  • When to drink

    now to 2030
  • Food Pairing

    Flank Steak and Salsa Verde

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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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Vintage 1957

Burgundy: Firm and intensely flavoured wines, acidity less marked than in Bordeaux.

Low temperatures in spring resulted in late flowering. After a warm start to summer, August and September were cool and rainy. The resulting wines were tight with pronounced acidity, which needed time to soften. It's this acidic backbone which has kept them alive to this day — now fully mature, the fruit shows itself better.

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Written Notes


1957 happened to be the birth year of our host, and there aren’t too many options when it comes to this obscure vintage. However, there are some great Burgundies in 1957, and none greater than large format DRCs. There are myths about the best barrels going into the large formats way back when, and this magnum of 1957 DRC La Tache certainly seemed like that was the case! What a spectacular wine, as equally good as a Jero I brought to this very same celebration a few years back. This was a killer wine, in the same category as anything else at the top for the night, showing fleshy and mature flavors yet a youthful personality in regards to its vigor. Everyone was going goo goo gaga over the wine. Its aromas and flavors of fresh forest, honeycomb, red fruits and menthol were a winning combination. Thanks to the Punisher for bringing another knockout (97M).

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Information

Origin

Vosne-Romanée, Burgundy

Vintage Quality

Below Average

Value For Money

Poor

Investment potential

No Potential

Fake factory

None

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Vosne Romanée

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