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Domaine de la Romanée Conti, La Tache Grand Cru 1971
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Reviewed by: Robert M. Parker, Jr.
Last Tasted 6/92 Fully mature, fragile, and loosely knit, this wine reveals significant amber and rust to its color. The nose offers the tell-tale DRC fragrance of oriental spices, soy, smoked meat, herbs, and jammy fruit. Full-bodied and opulent, but extremely low in acidity, with the alcohol just beginning to make itself noticeable, the 1971 La Tache requires near term consumption.
Reviewed by: Robert M. Parker, Jr.
PRODUCTION: 1,479 cases. Very sweet, extremely alcoholic, yet also somewhat fuzzy and lacking precision, the 1971 La Tache is still an outstanding wine because of its voluptuous texture, and thick, juicy, succulent flavors. The color is nearly brown, but the nose remains intense and provocative. This wine is living on borrowed time as there is little grip or structure. Run, don't walk, to guzzle this vintage.
About the Producer
The Domaine de la Romanée-Conti or DRC is one of the most prestigious wine estates in the world with 25.5 hectares mostly in Vosne-Romanée on the route des Grands Crus in the vineyards of the Côte de Nuits of the Burgundy vineyards (named after the 1.8 hectare Clos de la Romanée-Conti, one of the most prestigious mythical grands crus in the world). The civil company of the same name was founded in 1942 by Edmond Gaudin de Villaine. It is now co-managed for their heir family by the winegrowers Aubert de Villaine and Perrine Fenal.
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