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The 2000 La Tâche Grand Cru is drinking just as well now as it was when I last encountered it two years ago. As deep and complex as ever, it evokes wilted rose petals, sweet wild berry fruit, exotic spices, orange rind and violets, followed by a full-bodied, sensual and enveloping palate that's suave and layered, with succulent acids and a long, sapid finish. Served side by side, it's thicker and lustier than the more ethereal, haunting Romanée-Conti itself, but both bottles were showing brilliantly.
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Interestingly, I have found some bottle variation apropos of the 2000 La Tâche Grand Cru, something that chimes with Stephen Tanzer's note from back in 2003. Some bottles have come across rather lean and excessively ferrous. This particular bottle is one of the better examples, simply because that ferrous note is less accentuated. Featuring predominantly black fruit on the nose, it develops scents of stewed black tea, bay leaf and gravel with time. The palate is open-knit with slightly raw tannins. This is not a La Tâche imbued with its usual finesse, but there is more depth and fruit toward the finish compared to previous bottles and the ferrous element is tangible but not dominant on the finish. Not bad at all, but not a great La Tâche in the scheme of things.
About the producer
Domaine de la Romanée-Conti or simply “DRC” is without doubt the most famous domaine in Burgundy and one of the most famous producers on earth. The Grand Cru vineyard from which it takes its name produces the world’s most expensive wine by a long margin.