Description
You can find DRC this DRC La Tâche 2003 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.
It often requires a decade or more to fully integrate.
Interestingly, the varied soil composition of the vineyard ranges from more stony, limestone-heavy upper slopes to clay-rich lower slopes.
This enables 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.
DRC La Tâche 2003
The 2003 vintage was marked by a severe heatwave, which the Domaine navigated expertly to produce a wine that avoided being overly dry.
On the nose, DRC La Tâche 2003 features intense, concentrated aromas of raspberry, dark cherry, and dried fruits.
You might also smell fresh red cherry, rose petal, milk chocolate, and exotic spices.
The palate has muscular, powerful tannins that will ensure long-term ageing potential.
It is opulent and full-bodied with a velvety texture.
Overall, this wine is noted for its surprising freshness and balance, avoiding the “baked” qualities typical of many other 2003 reds.
As a result, as a “monopole” (a vineyard owned entirely by one estate), they produce extremely limited quantities.
In conclusion, DRC crafted 10,147 bottles of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti La Tâche 2003.
Would you like to compare this vintage to a superior year for La Tâche, such as 1971 or 1978?
Buying from a reputable specialist merchant like Arden Fine Wines guarantees the best quality.
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