Description
You can find DRC La Tâche 1966 from award-winning Arden Fine Wines in London.
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The La Tâche Grand Cru vineyard produces La Tâche from Pinot Noir grapes.
Wine enthusiasts widely praise this red wine for its elegance, complexity, and age-worthiness.
Domaine de la Romanée-Conti (DRC) owns the monopole vineyard.
Indeed, wine lovers know La Tâche for its complex and slow-developing flavour profile, often requiring a decade or more to fully integrate.
Interestingly, the varied soil composition of the vineyard, ranging from stonier, limestone-heavy upper slopes to clay-rich lower slopes, allows DRC to create a consistent, complex wine.
Moreover, DRC’s traditional, perfectionist winemaking, including late harvesting for optimal ripeness and very low yields, contributes to the wine’s quality.
Domaine de la Romanée-Conti La Tâche 1966
The 1966 vintage of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti La Tâche attracts collectors as a highly sought-after red Burgundy wine.
Notably, DRC entirely owns the La Tâche vineyard as a monopole, ensuring the wine’s prestige and limited production.
Interestingly, experts consider the 1966 vintage in Burgundy excellent, producing elegant, well-balanced wines.
Therefore, a favourable October harvest helped achieve beautiful fruit maturity.
Ultimately, the producers crafted 28,245 bottles of DRC La Tâche 1966.
Indeed, a Vinous review described a “magical perfume” of blackberries, ripe plums, violets, exotic spices, and earthy tones.
Reviewers noted its “excellent balance, plenty of power, great focus and finesse,” and a “softly-tannic and astoundingly complex finish.”
Notably, the late Master of Wine Michael Broadbent wrote that a bottle appeared “fully mature-looking, hefty, spicy, sweet and powerful” with “remarkable acidity.”
Moreover, wine critic Jancis Robinson noted a “rich and mushroomy” wine that felt “racy, rich yet lively.”
Robinson also called it a “wonderful wine” with an “autumnal” character.
In conclusion, based on reviews and analysis, the 1966 La Tâche sits at its peak but can hold for several more years.
Finally, award-winning Arden Fine Wines in London offers this Domaine de la Romanée-Conti La Tâche 1966 for sale.
