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Domaine de la Romanee-Conti is a iconic producer - and have maintained this position for many decades. They produce a relatively small selection of exceptional wines from the very best terroirs in Burgundy. Where most other top producers make a quite limited number of bottles of each wine, DRC …
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The DRC La Tache 2009 is a quite monumental wine. In the bouquet layers of red and dark fruit - forrest berries, black cherries - perfumed with allspice, violets, peony rose and cinnamon. On the palate a gear up from the concentration in Richebourg and Romanee St. Vivant. Mulitible layers of lush …
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In May 2012 I had the opportunity to taste a part of the 2009 collection from DRC. The tasting included the first vintage of the new Corton, but sadly the Montrachet and Romanee-Conti were missing. The tasting showed a fantastic collection of great 2009s, all the wines were focused and elegant …
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La Tache 1959 is a big, masculine, robust and slighly rustic wine. I must say I prefered the 1971 to the 1959, but were on the same level. Very fine complexity and a lot of nuances asian spices and fresh pinot fruit. The 1959 has great depth and length, while lacking the elegance and sheer …
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La Tache 1957 is a delicate and mature wine. Fine mature fruit in the bouquet, and sweet delicate mature fruit on the palate - still vibrant and fresh (tasted in 1994). Medium body, and not a big wine, it still have the wonderfull La Tache minerality and complexity. Slightly over the hill in 1994 - …
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