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Domaine de la Romanée Conti, La Tache Grand Cru 1981
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Reviewed by: Robert M. Parker, Jr.
PRODUCTION: Not available. A medium garnet color with some amber at the edge is followed by a wine with a wet, damp earth, vegetal nose. Sharp, angular, and compact, this mediocre effort has plenty of structure, but it has lost whatever fruit it once possessed.
Reviewed by: Neal Martin
The 1981 La Tâche Grand Cru is a vintage I have not met before, and this fine example was poured en magnum. It has an endearing bouquet with wonderful delineation: mineral-rich red fruit, iris flower, and just a scintilla of dark chocolate coming through with time. The palate is finely balanced with the weight and depth you expect from this Grand Cru. Secondary notes abound with sous-bois and white pepper, though it does lack some brightness and complexity on the finish by dint of the challenging growing season rather than anything else. Bottles will probably be fully mature based on this.
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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