La Tache 2018

The wine in this vintage

Heat, drought and an early harvest defined 2018, a rich, sunny vintage in which the best producers managed to preserve freshness and finesse. La Tâche 2018 is proof of that: Decanter awarded it 98 points, Wine Spectator and Robert Parker 96. The wine offers ripe dark fruit of black cherry and blackberry, wrapped in spice, liquorice, rose and a touch of cocoa; the palate is full and voluptuous, with abundant yet polished tannins and a long finish. Though already enjoyable, it has the substance to evolve for many years, gaining notes of forest floor and leather.

The producer · Domaine de la Romanee-Conti

Domaine de la Romanée-Conti is, by universal consent, the ultimate reference point in Burgundy and one of the most revered names in the world of wine. Based in Vosne-Romanée, at the heart of the Côte de Nuits, it takes its name from the vineyard bought by the Prince of Conti in 1760. Since the nineteenth century the estate has been tied to the de Villaine family, joined in the twentieth century by the Leroy and later Roch families; Aubert de Villaine steered it for decades with a vision both rigorous and humble. The Domaine owns the two monopoles of Romanée-Conti and La Tâche, along with major holdings in Richebourg, Romanée-Saint-Vivant, Grands-Échezeaux, Échezeaux and Montrachet, more recently joined by Corton and Corton-Charlemagne. Organic and biodynamic farming, very low yields, harvesting at full ripeness and generous use of whole clusters produce wines of extraordinary transparency, depth and longevity: pure statements of terroir rather than of cellar style.

Critics' scores

• 98 Decanter
• 96 Robert Parker
• 96 Wine Spectator
• 19/20 Jancis Robinson

Technical details

Producer

Domaine de la Romanee-Conti

Region

Burgundy

Country

Francia

Type

Rosso

Vintage

2018

When to drink

Hold, still evolving

Critics' average

96.7/100

Sizes

75 cl, Magnum 150 cl, Case of 6 × 75 cl

eWibe code

0450118