In the glass
Aroma: violet, blackberry, game, exotic spice
Palate: black cherry, liquorice, truffle, graphite
DRC's other monopole: darker and more muscular than Romanee-Conti, with violet, black fruit and a spiced, savoury core.
What it pairs with
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Roast venison with cassis jus
Game meat and a blackcurrant reduction echo a grand-cru Pinot's wild fruit and firm tannin. -
Boeuf bourguignon
Slow-braised beef in Pinot reduction matches the wine's structure and savoury depth. -
Roast grouse
Strongly flavoured game meat meets the wine's wild-spice depth and firm frame.
History
La Tache became a full DRC monopole in 1933 after the domaine consolidated the climat with the adjoining Les Gaudichots parcels.
- 1933 — Climat consolidated as a DRC monopole
- 1936 — La Tache and Romanee-Conti recognised as grand crus under the new AOC laws
Facts
- Producer
- Domaine de la Romanee-Conti
- Grapes
- Pinot Noir (100%)
- Classification
- Grand Cru (Vosne-Romanee, AOC)
- Oak
- Around 18 months in 100% new French oak
- ABV
- 13.0%
- Price
- EUR 6000 to 12000 at retail
- Drinking window
- 12-40 from vintage
- First vintage
- 1933
Scores
- Vinous 97 (2019 vintage, reviewed 2022)
- Burghound 96 (2017 vintage, reviewed 2020)