1996 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti La Tâche
Pinot Noir
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View From the Cellar
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By John Gilman
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Sep/Oct 2018, Issue #77, Another Look At the 1996 Burgundy Vintage- Time Heals Many Wounds. -
By John Gilman
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Jan/Feb 2015, Issue #55, In the Bottle Red Burgundy Vintage Report
Vintage Tastings
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By John Kapon
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La Paulee 2012 - Second Coming, 5/20/2012
Burghound
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By Allen Meadows
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January 2012, Issue #45, (See more on Burghound...) -
By Allen Meadows
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4/30/2011, (See more on Burghound...)
Vintage Tastings
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By John Kapon
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By John Kapon
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DRC Weekend, 7/6/2009
Burghound
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By Allen Meadows
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5/29/2008, (See more on Burghound...)
JancisRobinson.com
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
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3/18/2008, (See more on JancisRobinson.com...)
Vintage Tastings
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By John Kapon
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Top 100 Weekend, Year III, 1/3/2007
Burghound
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By Allen Meadows
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4th Quarter, 2006, Issue #24, (See more on Burghound...)
Vintage Tastings
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By John Kapon
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Petrus and La Tache, 12/9/2005
Burghound
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By Allen Meadows
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3rd Quarter, 2002, Issue #7, (See more on Burghound...)
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By Stephen Tanzer
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March/April 1998, IWC Issue #77, (See more on Vinous...)
Burghound
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RJonWine.com
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By Richard Jennings
(Domaine de la Romanée-Conti La Tâche) Medium dark red violet color; beautiful cigar box, raspberry, black raspberry, herb, tobacco, thyme, incense nose; tight, spice box, tart raspberry, tobacco, mineral palate; medium-plus finish (much tighter than when tasted one year ago)
3/21/2010, (See more on RJonWine.com...) 95 points -
By Richard Jennings
(Domaine de la Romanée-Conti La Tâche) Dark cherry red color; gorgeous rose garden, tart cherry and spice box nose; wow! concentrated spiced tart cherry, spice box, mineral, iron and rosehips palate; long finish 97+ pts.
2/14/2009, (See more on RJonWine.com...) 97 points
Burgundy-Report
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By Bill Nanson
(Romanée-Conti La Tâche) The deepest colour yet - looks quite old though with its mahogany colour and browning rim. The nose is a little gamey and still shows some mushroom - but this time much more subtle - together with high tones and jammy red fruit. Beautiful texture and weight in the mouth. This is the first wine with such volume. There is again a crescendo effect as you savour the wine, the finish being of bitter chocolate coated red fruits. Still a rasp to the tannins and lovely acidity. Very classy.
11/1/2005, (See more on Burgundy-Report...)
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Wine Definition
- Vintage1996
- TypeRed
- ProducerDomaine de la Romanée-Conti
- VarietyPinot Noir
- Designationn/a
- Vineyardn/a
- CountryFrance
- RegionBurgundy
- SubRegionCôte de Nuits
- AppellationLa Tâche Grand Cru
- Display optionsDefault
- UPC/EAN Code0400007221994, 3760115299566
2/4/2024 - hprphf wrote: 95 Points
04098/28373, E/R/LT trio. Vanilla spice and least penetrable, such delineation that never seems to finish. 95
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5/20/2023 - oxwombat Likes this wine: 95 Points
Opened at Caprice in HK for the Four Hands Dinner. Slow-oxed very gently for 1.5 hours before sharing with friends.
This was perplexing for me. I expect La Tache to be powerful, and have explosive stemmy aromatics to be wafting up from the glass. This bottle didn't quite have it, and the nose needed to be coaxed out a little more in the glass. The classic DRC notes came around with some air - but it felt a bit restrained.
However, this was fantastic on the palate - incredible balance between fruit, Vosne spice, minerality and acidity - and had a finish that just went on for days. Prime stuff.
Judging by other notes here it seems like this bottle is somewhat inconsistent - it certainly was a much more powerful experience last time I had it (2018), and maybe the extra 5 years made a difference. I hesitate to call this particular bottle tired, as the palate was definitely on point, but the nose really was just a bit subdued. Alas, a good La Tâche, not a great one - onto the next one!
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4/6/2023 - BradE wrote:
A rather uninspiring bottle of 96 LT.
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2/26/2023 - beatles wrote: 96 Points
Fresh, precise, elegant, mineral almost steely, airy with abundance of strawberry fruit and some tannin. Still a young wine.
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2/18/2023 - BradE wrote:
Similar to a bottle in November, this was very, very good. And at 27 years old the 96 is still looking forward to even better days. Drink them with pleasure. But if you’ve got the time, hold on to a few, as they are still on the upslope.
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