Perfect cork, it can be tricky to open these 3 & 6 liter Drc, so I used a bilame corkscrew and it came up in one piece. You can use this on all the jero's / mathusalems Rhône / Burgundy / German etc .. This need to be decanted, so much sediment, impossible to serve this proper if not done, it's just got better and better over the evening and hits it's prime after 4 hours .... might not be a great year but this La Tache was sinning, it had all, high quality japanese soja in the nose, powerfull dry DRC fruit, a minute long taste, just a wine in total control - Bravo ... . not everyday you drink this out of a 6 liter bottle !!
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Epic tasting across 5 decades 1974 Dirty delicate, floral subtle Stemy, a little green but layered and delicious, 94pts 1982 hawthorn a little watered down preferred the 74, 92pts 1992 Closed initially and with time in the glass started to open up but just too green and unbalanced to be appreciated at this juncture, 92pts 1996 a little Green, good structure. Really not ready but has more potential and could be good in a few years, 93pts 2001 a little oxidized, not scored 2004 best nose with ephemeral flora aromatics, delicate and layered, simply gorgeous 95pts 2006 slightly more muted nose than the 2004, but I preferred the palate more than the 04 with just a little bit more complexity. 95pts 2014 this was my WOTN shows how far modern winemaking has come and is the value wine of the night. Layered structured and simply magnificent. 96pts
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La Tâche Vertical (Le Pavillon): Nose is surprisingly classic. Showy, expressive, open for business. Smells far more proper than ’93. Palate is soft and easy going. Sort of a nice surprise. Still elegant and pretty. Fun to try.
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Started with a nice funky nose, but this blew off with time. This had just a nice mellow sois bois and good density fruit. Good wine but this was first to fade next to the 97 and 17. I preferred both of the other vintage by the end of the evening. 17 was superb
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P's Birthday dinner at Infuzi and served blind as an additional bottle by a really generous friend. Bright to deep red, no bricking, very youthful and vibrant. The nose was absolutely gorgeous, with perfumed roses, violets, cranberries, wild strawberries with hints of truffle, mocha and lots of Arabian spice. The palate was just as impressive, great structure and intensity, with an underlying elegance. Grapefruit, wild strawberries, blueberries, spice, leather and truffle. Good complexity and length. My very first La Tache! (and hopefully, more to come!)
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My first La Tache 1992 was in 2007 and this is my 2nd time.
Bottle No. 17440
A little low in level, more dark in color, mature but fuller-bodied when compares with a bottle last 8 years, beautiful nose of La Tache, austere, so classic and delicious. If one thinks 1992 LT is weak that's totally wrong. It can hold for 4 hours of drinking and at the end, it becomes a good bottle of great Burgundy without its typical scent but getting close to the clean and elegant feeling of drinking Jayer's Cros Parantoux 1992.
This wine can go easily for another 20 years from now. I wish I could get some bottles for myself to drink it again and again.
Weak vintage, great producer, 1992 La Tache is my type of wine.
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BWC 2015 - Lafarge Clos des Chênes (mostly) and a few examples of Vosne Romanée: I fully expected to be let down by this, my first experience drinking a bottle of La Tâche. Not the case. The wine opened up over about a half hour in the glass and showed sparkling and incredibly articulate Indian spice aromatics - "like Kalustyans," someone said. The intensity belies the lightness of color and body, and the wine was wonderfully complex. There was almost no fruit in the way of the spices on the nose - it surprised me in how it felt like all layers had been stripped away and we had this incredibly transparent view into the wine and the place. A great experience.
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Wine took a while to start to show, but remained timid. The pedigree of LT showed in glimpses, some dried rose petals for moments. A solid, pleasant composition. W JJ at Les Amis.
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Wednesday Night Burgundies (Bar Boulud): Fantastic showing, and clearly a bottle that had been stored in ideal conditions, as is immediately apparent from the still-dense ruby color of the juice. At first, it seemed worryingly hollow -- some tannins wrapped around not much flesh to speak of -- but it quickly became apparent that that was more of a factor of the too-cold serving temperature than any issue with the wine, and once it warmed up to the room it fleshed out nicely and also featured the aromatic smorgasbord that makes La Tache so distinctive, with all sorts of stuff going on in the aroma you couldn't possibly reduce to words, including some gaminess and a spiciness that's isn't the usual Asian five-spice but more in the cracked-pepper family. #02573.
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Magnum directly from the Domaine. 3mm fill. Did not know whether to let breathe or not given the weak vintage. Once again, should not have doubted the Domaine, and listened to both Clive Coates and Aubert de Villaine who both indicate that 1992 is a strong vintage for La Tache. Beautiful deep ruby colour, a penetrating nose. While it was a bit green / young at first, within 60 minutes, the wine had really opened up and the fully power of La Tache came through. Unfortunately little in the bottle was left...
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I kept this bottle in my cellar almost 10 years. Maybe I drink it today 3 years too late because Parker said 87/100...Now - 2004.
Anyway, after opened 2 hours before the first sip, the colour is beautiful light ruby at first sight with watery/orange on the edge.
The nose is WOWWW.... the very clean and deepest...maybe deeper than Haut-Brion 1990...dried roses, dried herbs and asian spice. Very seductive..very classic...One breathe is not long enough for the depth of its aroma and bouquet.
In the mouth, light-bodied with the watery at the end but makes me feel so fine.
Aftertaste..Yes !! robusts very polite and endless. It holds me still for a long long time with a sweetness stay in my mouth ( this glass 91/100 )
.................................Peak Position : 2.45 hours....................................
When it reachs the top form...more darker colour with scents of the most wonderful cassis, cedar wood, red berries, dried roses, herbs, deep down into the level of gravel, earth, stone, mineral and smoke. Multi-dimensions, layered upon layers. That's great !!
Light to medium-bodied, not complex, not balance but very charming to my sense. I devided wine into 2 parts then swallow one follow by another one.
This is so big and longest aftertaste of the year. Then I rated this powerful ( more than 2.30 minutes finished ) 96/100
It can be drunk very well within 2-3 years...............it's not good but it's really really great........................... :)
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Mature DRC with Bill Randolph (Jim and Gaby's - Hyde Park IL): DRC tasting. Very faded color gave me some concern but the spicy and perfumed nose put any concern to rest. Not much fruit on the nose, just some forest floor to go with the classic aromatics. Fruit was not as interesting as everything that accompanied it - black and white pepper, dried tarragon, allspice, nutmeg and mushrooms. Lots of acidity was both good and bad - good that it provided length and texture, bad in that it was rather noticeable and not completely balanced. Frankly I don't know if this is wine getting old or still needing more time.
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Bill Randolph DRC Tasting (Gaby & Jim's): Pale red crimson color - easily the most evolved color of the three 92s, surprisingly. Medium briar cherry nose with some green notes. Big, but a little sour, red fruit on the palate. At first blush this was pretty disappointing - showed more stuffing but less nuance and complexity than either the Ech or RSV (I thought 90-91). However, with some time, this opened up and evened out quite a bit. Still big acidity, but classic asian spice emerged and the fruit rounded out nicely. Still needs some more bottle age, IMO.
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Forward, sweet and sappy strawberry, violet, and underbrush notes border on a bit overdone. Nice weight to the palate and typically exotic flavors, but lacking the backbone for support and vibrancy. Still, a very enjoyable wine that's very drinkable at this stage.
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Red with brownish glow. Scents of smoked meat. Good intensity and power with integration of all elements and a closed, yet promising nature. Quite rustic and backward, but with great definition and detail, good precision and symmetry, and an acidic profile. In my notes I wrote that the wine was a bit peasant like. This is not meant as an insult but for lack of a better word?..perhaps provincial would be a more fitting term.
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9/23/2023 - In2wines Likes this wine: 95 Points
Bordeaux September 2023 - Mathusalem (6 liter)
Perfect cork, it can be tricky to open these 3 & 6 liter Drc, so I used a bilame corkscrew and it came up in one piece. You can use this on all the jero's / mathusalems Rhône / Burgundy / German etc ..
This need to be decanted, so much sediment, impossible to serve this proper if not done, it's just got better and better over the evening and hits it's prime after 4 hours .... might not be a great year but this La Tache was sinning, it had all, high quality japanese soja in the nose, powerfull dry DRC fruit, a minute long taste, just a wine in total control - Bravo ... . not everyday you drink this out of a 6 liter bottle !!
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3/29/2022 - LB88 wrote: 92 Points
Epic tasting across 5 decades
1974 Dirty delicate, floral subtle
Stemy, a little green but layered and delicious, 94pts
1982 hawthorn a little watered down preferred the 74, 92pts
1992 Closed initially and with time in the glass started to open up but just too green and unbalanced to be appreciated at this juncture, 92pts
1996 a little Green, good structure. Really not ready but has more potential and could be good in a few years, 93pts
2001 a little oxidized, not scored
2004 best nose with ephemeral flora aromatics, delicate and layered, simply gorgeous 95pts
2006 slightly more muted nose than the 2004, but I preferred the palate more than the 04 with just a little bit more complexity. 95pts
2014 this was my WOTN shows how far modern winemaking has come and is the value wine of the night. Layered structured and simply magnificent. 96pts
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10/26/2021 - overkloud wrote: 93 Points
La Tâche 1985-2010 Vertical NYC (Le Pavillon NYC): No notes, only score 92-94.
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10/26/2021 - The Vines That Bind wrote: 93 Points
La Tâche Vertical (Le Pavillon): Nose is surprisingly classic. Showy, expressive, open for business. Smells far more proper than ’93. Palate is soft and easy going. Sort of a nice surprise. Still elegant and pretty. Fun to try.
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10/18/2021 - LB88 wrote: 93 Points
Started with a nice funky nose, but this blew off with time. This had just a nice mellow sois bois and good density fruit. Good wine but this was first to fade next to the 97 and 17. I preferred both of the other vintage by the end of the evening. 17 was superb
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2/1/2018 - steinersing wrote: 93 Points
Revisited, Focofi Met format - cant say it is singing but still a good wine with LT elements in the nose and a well rounded body
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12/12/2017 - steinersing wrote: 91 Points
From Methusalem - not a super showing for a LT
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12/11/2017 - fcxj wrote: 88 Points
Palais. Woody, quite average. From Mathusalem. (17/22784)
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8/9/2016 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
This bottle was looking quite tired with loads of brown sugar action. It has a touch of sandalwood and was as flat as a biscuit in the mouth.
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9/18/2015 - justburg wrote: 93 Points
P's Birthday dinner at Infuzi and served blind as an additional bottle by a really generous friend. Bright to deep red, no bricking, very youthful and vibrant. The nose was absolutely gorgeous, with perfumed roses, violets, cranberries, wild strawberries with hints of truffle, mocha and lots of Arabian spice. The palate was just as impressive, great structure and intensity, with an underlying elegance. Grapefruit, wild strawberries, blueberries, spice, leather and truffle. Good complexity and length. My very first La Tache! (and hopefully, more to come!)
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4/29/2015 - noppakit s. wrote: 93 Points
My first La Tache 1992 was in 2007 and this is my 2nd time.
Bottle No. 17440
A little low in level, more dark in color, mature but fuller-bodied when compares with a bottle last 8 years, beautiful nose of La Tache, austere, so classic and delicious.
If one thinks 1992 LT is weak that's totally wrong. It can hold for 4 hours of drinking and at the end, it becomes a good bottle of great Burgundy without its typical scent but getting close to the clean and elegant feeling of drinking Jayer's Cros Parantoux 1992.
This wine can go easily for another 20 years from now. I wish I could get some bottles for myself to drink it again and again.
Weak vintage, great producer, 1992 La Tache is my type of wine.
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2/1/2015 - brooklynguy wrote:
BWC 2015 - Lafarge Clos des Chênes (mostly) and a few examples of Vosne Romanée: I fully expected to be let down by this, my first experience drinking a bottle of La Tâche. Not the case. The wine opened up over about a half hour in the glass and showed sparkling and incredibly articulate Indian spice aromatics - "like Kalustyans," someone said. The intensity belies the lightness of color and body, and the wine was wonderfully complex. There was almost no fruit in the way of the spices on the nose - it surprised me in how it felt like all layers had been stripped away and we had this incredibly transparent view into the wine and the place. A great experience.
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12/24/2012 - steinersing Likes this wine: 91 Points
Wine took a while to start to show, but remained timid. The pedigree of LT showed in glimpses, some dried rose petals for moments. A solid, pleasant composition. W JJ at Les Amis.
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7/14/2011 - Keith Levenberg wrote: 94 Points
Wednesday Night Burgundies (Bar Boulud): Fantastic showing, and clearly a bottle that had been stored in ideal conditions, as is immediately apparent from the still-dense ruby color of the juice. At first, it seemed worryingly hollow -- some tannins wrapped around not much flesh to speak of -- but it quickly became apparent that that was more of a factor of the too-cold serving temperature than any issue with the wine, and once it warmed up to the room it fleshed out nicely and also featured the aromatic smorgasbord that makes La Tache so distinctive, with all sorts of stuff going on in the aroma you couldn't possibly reduce to words, including some gaminess and a spiciness that's isn't the usual Asian five-spice but more in the cracked-pepper family. #02573.
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9/18/2010 - Dubie wrote: 94 Points
Magnum directly from the Domaine. 3mm fill. Did not know whether to let breathe or not given the weak vintage. Once again, should not have doubted the Domaine, and listened to both Clive Coates and Aubert de Villaine who both indicate that 1992 is a strong vintage for La Tache. Beautiful deep ruby colour, a penetrating nose. While it was a bit green / young at first, within 60 minutes, the wine had really opened up and the fully power of La Tache came through. Unfortunately little in the bottle was left...
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7/17/2007 - noppakit s. wrote: 96 Points
I kept this bottle in my cellar almost 10 years. Maybe I drink it today 3 years too late because Parker said 87/100...Now - 2004.
Anyway, after opened 2 hours before the first sip, the colour is beautiful light ruby at first sight with watery/orange on the edge.
The nose is WOWWW.... the very clean and deepest...maybe deeper than Haut-Brion 1990...dried roses, dried herbs and asian spice. Very seductive..very classic...One breathe is not long enough for the depth of its aroma and bouquet.
In the mouth, light-bodied with the watery at the end but makes me feel so fine.
Aftertaste..Yes !! robusts very polite and endless. It holds me still for a long long time with a sweetness stay in my mouth ( this glass 91/100 )
.................................Peak Position : 2.45 hours....................................
When it reachs the top form...more darker colour with scents of the most wonderful cassis, cedar wood, red berries, dried roses, herbs, deep down into the level of gravel, earth, stone, mineral and smoke. Multi-dimensions, layered upon layers. That's great !!
Light to medium-bodied, not complex, not balance but very charming to my sense. I devided wine into 2 parts then swallow one follow by another one.
This is so big and longest aftertaste of the year. Then I rated this powerful ( more than 2.30 minutes finished ) 96/100
It can be drunk very well within 2-3 years...............it's not good but it's really really great........................... :)
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1/17/2007 - Burgundy Al wrote: 92 Points
Mature DRC with Bill Randolph (Jim and Gaby's - Hyde Park IL): DRC tasting. Very faded color gave me some concern but the spicy and perfumed nose put any concern to rest. Not much fruit on the nose, just some forest floor to go with the classic aromatics. Fruit was not as interesting as everything that accompanied it - black and white pepper, dried tarragon, allspice, nutmeg and mushrooms. Lots of acidity was both good and bad - good that it provided length and texture, bad in that it was rather noticeable and not completely balanced. Frankly I don't know if this is wine getting old or still needing more time.
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1/17/2007 - winefool wrote: 93 Points
Bill Randolph DRC Tasting (Gaby & Jim's): Pale red crimson color - easily the most evolved color of the three 92s, surprisingly. Medium briar cherry nose with some green notes. Big, but a little sour, red fruit on the palate. At first blush this was pretty disappointing - showed more stuffing but less nuance and complexity than either the Ech or RSV (I thought 90-91). However, with some time, this opened up and evened out quite a bit. Still big acidity, but classic asian spice emerged and the fruit rounded out nicely. Still needs some more bottle age, IMO.
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10/7/2006 - psmith wrote:
Forward, sweet and sappy strawberry, violet, and underbrush notes border on a bit overdone. Nice weight to the palate and typically exotic flavors, but lacking the backbone for support and vibrancy. Still, a very enjoyable wine that's very drinkable at this stage.
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5/9/2004 - Joe Belmaati wrote: 90 Points
Red with brownish glow. Scents of smoked meat. Good intensity and power with integration of all elements and a closed, yet promising nature. Quite rustic and backward, but with great definition and detail, good precision and symmetry, and an acidic profile. In my notes I wrote that the wine was a bit peasant like. This is not meant as an insult but for lack of a better word?..perhaps provincial would be a more fitting term.
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