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  • Country ranking ?

    619
  • Producer ranking ?

    97
  • Decanting time

    1h.30min
  • When to drink

    now to 2035
  • Food Pairing

    Roasted game with mushrooms

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99 points Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

 Tasted at the La Tâche vertical at The Square. The La Tâche 1966 is one of those wines were composing a tasting note seems futile. How can you express such a wine in words? Well, I will try. It must be considered one of the greatest La Tâche of all time. Typically of this vineyard it is a mercurial Pinot Noir that is deceptively simple upon first acquaintance. Then you notice its unbelievable delinea...

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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

Domaine de la Romanée-Conti

Domaine de la Romanée-Conti is without question the most famous estate in Burgundy and arguably the greatest, producing some of the best wines in the world. It is probably one of the most traditional wineries in France. Wines are produced in small quantities while the demand is huge. The domaine has 25 hectares of vineyards, all Grand Crus, including the jewel in the crown, the 1.8 hectare monopole of Romanée Con...

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Latest Pro-tasting notes

18 tasting notes

Tasting note

color

Medium, Brick red and Healthy

ending

Long, Extensive and Vibrant

flavors

Vegetal, Tar, Smoky, Earthy and Tobacco

nose

Wide, Ripe, Refined and Tempting

recommend

Yes

taste

Complex, Perfectly balanced, Full-bodied, Rich, Ripe and Sweet tannins

Verdict

Intelligent and Sophisticated

Written Notes

Two bottles of the 1966 La Tâche Grand Cru are encountered, one in Beaune and the other in London. Both attest a brilliant La Tâche that flirts with perfection. Its appearance is commensurate with its age. The nose is ineffably complex, utterly sublime, the bottle in London a little more ferrous than the one in Burgundy, subtle humidor and undergrowth scents percolating through with time. The palate is perfectly balanced with the same filigree tannins that I noted before. Maybe it has dispensed with some of the luster it showed three or four years ago, yet the silky texture belies that structure extant on the finish. Just fabulous. Tasted at La Paulée in Beaune and then at a private dinner in London.

  • 98p

Very rich and mushroomy. Very racy; rich yet lively. Lifted, long, racy. Defintely one of the more obviously autumnal of these wines in tmers of its flavour, and maturity. Quite savoury. Wonderful wine but with quite a different character to the 1978 Romanée-Conti, Grand Cru – essence of Tâche with all that autumnal fungus.

  • 100p

The perfect 2010 Pinot Noir Clos de Ciel (330 cases) is a dead-ringer for the 1990 DRC La Tache. This could be a game-changing Pinot Noir that sets the wine world upside down given its spectacular quality. It boasts a dense ruby/plum/purple color as well as a big, sweet bouquet of licorice, spring flowers, black currants, black cherries, forest floor and raspberries. Deep and full with a flawless attack, mid-section and finish, it builds incrementally on the palate, then lingers for 40-45 seconds on the finish. It reveals an ethereal lightness despite its intensity of flavor.

  • 99p
D 30 min / G 1 h Medium-intense, cola colour. Pronounced, rich, complex, and rustic nose delivers intense ripe red fruit aromas with aromas of black olives, tar, smoke, pipe tobacco, roasted almonds, rutabaga and beef stock. Medium-bodied wine with moderate acidity and fruit intensity. Rich, rustic, and earthy flavours with sweet and cooked fruits. Intense wine with mellow tannins but surprisingly big. A masculine wine lacking elegance, At its peak but will keep for even 5-15 years ageing.
  • 92p
Good looking normal size bottle, in an good condition and level is 4cm ullage below the cork. Colour is brick red and and looking healthy. On the nose it is wide, refined, ripe and tempting. The taste is with sweet tannins, full-bodied, with complex and perfectly balanced structure. The finish is long, extensive and vibrant. This wine is intelligent, sophisticated and impressive. Perfectly stored bottles are still very worthy and will last well for another 10-15 years and decant at least 1h before tasting.
- (Tasting note created by Tb's AI)
  • 96p
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Origin

Vosne-Romanée, Burgundy

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