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Domaine de la Romanée Conti, La Tache Grand Cru 1979
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Reviewed by: Robert M. Parker, Jr.
PRODUCTION: 633 cases. In the past this wine has tasted better. Considerable acidity, some mustiness (rot?), and an element of dilution are increasingly noticeable. Nevertheless, this remains an excellent wine, exhibiting smoky oak, ripe fruit, and a compact, lean, medium-bodied personality. I would opt for drinking it over the next 5-8 years.
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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