Floral, clean and beautifully balanced. Truthfully a touch disappointing relative to prior bottle, partly due to serving after 1985 Ponsot CDLR. Bit tea-like. (20070/26740)
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62 Night. Dinner was organized around this bottle, Broadbent's and Meadow's wine of the century, and 62 RC for comparison. Table preferred this to RC. True greatness, so much going on here it's difficult to capture. The aromas were floral, fresh, mint and jumping. Palate was sweet, very delicate, incredibly clean red fruit. Subtlety, purity, balance and complexity came to mind over 2-3 hours. Slightly roasted ending. Notice the case production, yields very different back then... (20067/26740)
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Amazing nose, leather and sweetness. Profound, electric, sweet and luscious - seamless, fully evolved and pure. This is a real treat, one great Burgundy.
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This followed the '52 Krug Vintage, which was a beautiful inter-mezzo between the 1900 Petrus and the La Tache. The La Tache was big with tomato vine, spice, red berry and cinnamon on the nose. The palate had more spice, licorice, gaminess, and a touch of white chocolate that made for such a smooth finish. Oh so nice.
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Dinner at a Friend's house (Seoul, Korea): So what do you do after tasting the greatest wine of your lifetime. Well more than likely everything else will be a disappointment. But not when it is the 1962 La Tache. This started slow. Initially very sweet but worrisome as wine seemed fragile. The color is pale and fully matured but after 10 minutes also it was opening up. Sweet Asian spice, incredibly sweet fruit. The finish lasted almost a minute or longer. It wasn’t really about any particular flavor although they were all there, but some sort funky holistic spirit or essence. When my portion was gone towards to the end of the evening, I put my nose into the empty glass for over ten minutes. The nose despite the glass being empty was still very sweet and intense. The wine was so delicate yet so powerful, if a grown man can cry over anything not relating to friends and family, this would have been the right moment. It really brought tears to my eyes. Once again beyond perfect, gods nectar. I suppose I am so blessed to have two beyond perfect wines in one sitting. The consensus for the wine of the night amongst the tasters were equally divided between the 61 La Chapelle and the 62 La Tache. Wow Wow Wow!
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A Mid-1980's Tasting of Twenty One Vintages of La Tâche (1945-1980) (Private residence, San Francisco): Freakishly dark color. Forest floor, light fruit, absolutely killer nose. Dense and sappy, exquisite balance, gorgeous, fresh fruit, perfect acidity, amazing mouth coverage and length. I can sum it up in one word-EVERYTHING! It kept changing and expanding. A total wow wine. I was lucky enough to taste it a few years ago, and then, like now, it was one of the most amazing wines I've ever had. Essence of Burgundy and the potential to go on for who knows how long given its material and balance.
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4/24/2020 - PAOK Wines Brussels wrote: flawed
Φελωμένο, Flawed, Bouchonné......δεύτερη φορά (η πρώτη ήταν πριν γίνω μέλος στο cellartracker). Ελπίζω να μην είναι έτσι όλη η εξάδα που αγόρασα
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8/29/2018 - fcxj wrote: 96 Points
Floral, clean and beautifully balanced. Truthfully a touch disappointing relative to prior bottle, partly due to serving after 1985 Ponsot CDLR. Bit tea-like. (20070/26740)
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6/22/2018 - fcxj wrote: 98 Points
62 Night. Dinner was organized around this bottle, Broadbent's and Meadow's wine of the century, and 62 RC for comparison. Table preferred this to RC. True greatness, so much going on here it's difficult to capture. The aromas were floral, fresh, mint and jumping. Palate was sweet, very delicate, incredibly clean red fruit. Subtlety, purity, balance and complexity came to mind over 2-3 hours. Slightly roasted ending. Notice the case production, yields very different back then... (20067/26740)
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6/19/2014 - BradE wrote:
A bottle from the old Verlin collection/auction. DOA, which was too bad as generally the provenance has been great from this cellar.
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5/23/2012 - lepetitchateau wrote: 98 Points
Amazing nose, leather and sweetness. Profound, electric, sweet and luscious - seamless, fully evolved and pure. This is a real treat, one great Burgundy.
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6/6/2009 - JJL wrote: 97 Points
This followed the '52 Krug Vintage, which was a beautiful inter-mezzo between the 1900 Petrus and the La Tache. The La Tache was big with tomato vine, spice, red berry and cinnamon on the nose. The palate had more spice, licorice, gaminess, and a touch of white chocolate that made for such a smooth finish. Oh so nice.
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2/3/2008 - 60ouvrees wrote:
We had two bottles of this. First one was great but the second was mindblowing. One of the best wines I've ever tasted.
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8/25/2007 - BradE wrote:
On the nose, somewhat maderized. Very textured, with loads of soy and spice.
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5/1/2004 - dcwino wrote: 100 Points
Dinner at a Friend's house (Seoul, Korea): So what do you do after tasting the greatest wine of your lifetime. Well more than likely everything else will be a disappointment. But not when it is the 1962 La Tache. This started slow. Initially very sweet but worrisome as wine seemed fragile. The color is pale and fully matured but after 10 minutes also it was opening up. Sweet Asian spice, incredibly sweet fruit. The finish lasted almost a minute or longer. It wasn’t really about any particular flavor although they were all there, but some sort funky holistic spirit or essence. When my portion was gone towards to the end of the evening, I put my nose into the empty glass for over ten minutes. The nose despite the glass being empty was still very sweet and intense. The wine was so delicate yet so powerful, if a grown man can cry over anything not relating to friends and family, this would have been the right moment. It really brought tears to my eyes. Once again beyond perfect, gods nectar. I suppose I am so blessed to have two beyond perfect wines in one sitting. The consensus for the wine of the night amongst the tasters were equally divided between the 61 La Chapelle and the 62 La Tache. Wow Wow Wow!
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2/10/1985 - drwine2001 wrote:
A Mid-1980's Tasting of Twenty One Vintages of La Tâche (1945-1980) (Private residence, San Francisco): Freakishly dark color. Forest floor, light fruit, absolutely killer nose. Dense and sappy, exquisite balance, gorgeous, fresh fruit, perfect acidity, amazing mouth coverage and length. I can sum it up in one word-EVERYTHING! It kept changing and expanding. A total wow wine. I was lucky enough to taste it a few years ago, and then, like now, it was one of the most amazing wines I've ever had. Essence of Burgundy and the potential to go on for who knows how long given its material and balance.
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