Domaine de la Romanée Conti, La Tache Grand Cru 2019

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Reviewed by: William Kelley

The 2019 La Tâche Grand Cru is sublime. Mingling aromas of wild berries and bergamot with notions of rose petals, exotic spices, violets, clove and cinnamon, it's full-bodied, deep and concentrated, with a multidimensional palate of breathtaking plenitude. Elegantly muscular, this is a vibrant, pristinely balanced wine that concludes with a long, resonant finish. More structured and broader shouldered than the ethereal Romanée-Conti itself, this will demand and richly reward bottle age.

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Reviewed by: William Kelley

A profound wine in the making, I tasted several barrels of the 2019 La Tâche Grand Cru and each revealed a different facet. Unfurling in the glass with aromas of dark berries, cherries and hoisin sauce mingled with exotic spices, licorice, dark chocolate, wilted rose petals and loamy soil, it's full-bodied, velvety and searingly concentrated, with terrific depth and mid-palate amplitude. Built around rich, powdery tannins, it's ineffably complete, concluding with a long, perfumed finish.

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Reviewed by: Antonio Galloni

Blood orange, star anise, cinnamon and dark red toned fruit, all waft from the glass in the 2019 La Tâche Grand Cru. There’s plenty of the trademark La Tâche aromatics, but it’s almost as if they are wrapped inside the fruit rather than around it. Here, too, the overall impression is of a Burgundy of power and tremendous overall intensity. Even though the 2019 is so alluring today, I wouldn’t think of opening a bottle anytime soon. The 2019 is a total stunner.

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Reviewed by: Neal Martin

The 2019 La Tâche Grand Cru was picked over three days from 16 to 18 of September at 23hL/ha. Like the Romanée-Saint-Vivant, this wine gives you no choice but to sit and contemplate. The bouquet is beautifully-defined, broody and introspective at first, less immediate than the Romanée-Saint-Vivant, then after 10 minutes it becomes highly perfumed with potpourri and rose petals, dark berry fruit, perhaps just a hint of liquorice. The palate is medium-bodied, extraordinarily well-defined and pure. There is a touch more spice compared to recent vintages, a pinch of white pepper lingers on the tongue for a minute after the wine has exited. There is real structure to this La Tâche and my intuition is that this will close for a period during its long arching evolution in bottle. 994 cases produced. Tasted at Corney & Barrow’s annual in bottle tasting in London.

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Reviewed by: Neal Martin

The 2019 La Tâche Grand Cru was picked over three days, September 16–18, at around 23hl/ha. It was the only cuvée to be marked by minor reduction on the nose. Nevertheless, the intense blackberry, wild strawberry, crushed stone and incense aromas unfold with time. A second barrel was tasted that offered very discreet menthol aromas and redder fruit. The harmonious palate is medium-bodied with velvety tannins, perfectly judged acidity and touches of blood orange infusing shimmering red fruit toward the extremely persistent finish. It will be a profound La Tâche, but I guess you kind of know that already.