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DRC La Tâche 1975 from Arden Fine Wines in London.
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La Tâche is a Grand Cru vineyard for Pinot Noir red wine in the Côte de Nuits subregion of Burgundy.
The commune of Vosne-Romanée hosts La Tâche, which is a monopole of the winery Domaine de la Romanée-Conti.
Domaine de la Romanée-Conti is a co-owned family estate with vineyards in Vosne-Romanée.
The Marey family bought La Tâche in 1791, who were also vineyard owners in Romanée-Saint-Vivant.
Following the French Revolution, the state sequestered La Tâche in 1793.
When Dr. Jules Lavalle published his classification of the Burgundy vineyards in 1855, he placed La Tâche in the highest category.
Until 1932, the neighbouring vineyard of Les Gaudichots could be sold either under its own name or as La Tâche.
Also in 1932, Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, which owned vines in Les Gaudichots, applied to merge it into La Tâche.
Liger-Belair opposed this, as he owned the smaller La Tâche.
However, Liger-Belair lost, and most of Les Gaudichots absorbed into La Tâche.
Eventually, auctioneers sold Liger-Belair’s vineyards in 1933, including his La Tâche holding, and Domaine de la Romanée-Conti acquired it.
DRC La Tâche 1975 from Arden Fine Wines in London
Winemakers produced the 1975 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti La Tâche as a red Burgundy wine made from Pinot Noir grapes sourced from the La Tâche Grand Cru monopole vineyard.
Although 1975 was generally a difficult, rot-plagued vintage in Burgundy, DRC’s strict selection often makes their bottles an exception that still offers pleasure decades later.
However, connoisseurs consider DRC wines from this year to be an exception to the vintage’s poor quality, still offering pleasure and longevity.
Expect layered notes of damp earth, dead leaves, and forest floor.
You will often find underlying scents of sweet, stewed berries, violets, and warm spice, with a smoky, even cigarette ash-like character.
Domaine de la Romanée-Conti produced 17,936 bottles of La Tâche 1965.
