La Tache 2015 Domaine de la Romanee Conti

Classification	Cru Classe
Type	Red
Brand	Domaine de la Romanee Conti
Vintage	2015
Country	France
Region	Burgundy, Cotes de Nuits
Grape	Pinot Noir
Volume	0,75
Condition	Bottle number digitally removed
Label	Perfect
Stock	0
Volume	0,75
Condition	In Original Wooden Case
Label	Perfect
Stock	0
Volume	0,75
Condition	Bottle number digitally removed
Label	Slightly bin soiled
Stock	1

Professional reviews

Robert Parker (98)

The 2015 La Tâche Grand Cru is a young classic, soaring from the glass with an exotic and stunningly complex bouquet of dark berries, plums, hoisin, smoked duck, dark chocolate, licorice and Chinese five spice, with just a touch of rose hip on the upper register. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, multidimensional and authoritative, with more mid-palate depth than the Richebourg, its attack more textural and layered. The tannins here are fine grained but firm—swathed in an ample core of plummy, almost savory fruit—and the finish is long and scintillating. Cropped at 25 hectoliters per hectare and harvested September 7 and 8.

BOW (9.50)

Jancis Robinson (19)

Fresh strawberry fruit and piquant spices that evoke cardamom, clove and pepper. Fragrant and broad with strong presence on the finish – long, layered and intense. Can hardly be called restrained, yet there is a sense that much is yet to be revealed here. Even so – if you have the luxury of choosing – it doesn’t quite have the star power of their Richebourg at present. (RH)

Vinous (97)

The 2015 La Tâche Grand Cru was picked at 25.55hl/ha on 7 and 8 September. This has a fascinating bouquet. The stem addition seems a little more transparent than the other crus from the domaine. The La Tâche has darker fruit than the Richebourg mixed with black tea, bay leaf, a pinch of cracked black pepper and a slight bell pepper scent. The palate is medium-bodied with grippy tannin on the entry, presaging a masculine and almost curmudgeonly La Tâche whereas in previous years it is comparatively amenable and open. It is long and deep, yet introspective until that jab of spice engages the senses on the finish. Interestingly, returning after 15 minutes the last third of this La Tâche manifests more depth and tension, a little more detail with hints of orange rind and more brown spices. It is a mercurial La Tâche as always, but would you want it any different? Tasted at Corney & Barrow’s annual in bottle tasting in London.