1990 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti La Tâche

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  3/2/2024 - Burgundy Al wrote:

  La Paulée de Los Angeles Gala Dinner (The Fairmont - Santa Monica CA): Small glass. It is always a good time in the late evening when this (once again brilliant) wine makes it way towards you.

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  1/27/2024 - lepetitchateau wrote: 98 Points

  An amazing wine. Purchased upon release. Simply brilliant.

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  1/7/2024 - _water.into.wine_ Likes this wine: 97 Points

  I am struggling to believe how this wine is 34 years old. It was still predominantly red fruits and vibrant. Maybe I could have called this as a 2007 but as a 1990 it’s mind blowing. Some developing notes starting to creep in but you get the sense this wine could go another 30 years and hold steady. Clear and transparent but the final pours had quite a lot of sediment.
  
  Quite simply, a benchmark burgundy.

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  12/31/2023 - Viking444 Likes this wine: 99 Points

  The 1990 La Tache is the bottle that got me obsessed with the very expensive world of Burgundy. Opened at The Breakers in Palm Beach by a Master Somm on 3/15/23 and we were hooked. Took about 45 minutes to really start coming out of its shell but after that my wife and I couldn't stop shaking our heads and smiling at each other with every sip. We have since opened two more bottles and it's been unbelievable each time. One of the top 3 bottles of Red Burgundy that I have ever had.

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  12/18/2023 - Burgland Likes this wine: 99 Points

  The last time I tried this wine was 2003. It was great then, it is incredible and even better now, and I have every reason to believe that it will continue to deliver an otherworldly experience (and probably improve) until long after I’m gone. My bottle was purchased on release from the official importer (Wilson Daniels) and properly stored by me until now. Other CT commentators below (at least those who have consumed bottles with perfect provenance) describe the scents, taste, balance, finish and spherical nature of this wine, so there is no point in repeating those accurate descriptions. My only nit about their comments is that they don’t mention the sheer dramatic impact of this wine. And it isn’t just a ‘one-and-done’ drama. After proper aeration (always an educated guessing game), it opens in the glass by tantalizing you and challenging you to understand it. What should you do? Drink it as you would any other wonderful Grand Cru Burgundy, or ration yourself, sip by sip, to prolong the experience? Over the course of two nights I spent a total of eight to ten hours trying to understand the pleasure that a simple glass of wine can give and how it can make a night or two of your life better. I happen to agree with the unwritten code among most Burgundy lovers that it is the rare red Burgundy that could deserve a score of 100 (because few of us can wrap our head around what the perfect Burgundy would actually be like, let alone whether such a Burgundy exists). Allen Meadows, who has had more than his fair share of DRC wines (and all of the top competition), has only given a 100 rating to three bottles from that domaine (1945 and 1962 “Romanee Conti”). I’ve never been privileged to try either of those and likely never will. So there is no other possible score for me to give this except 99. I have no idea how the CT members who gave it the same 99 point score as I did settled on their numerical rating, but I’m guessing that they went on the same emotional roller coaster journey in a glass that I just experienced. How does one grapple with the desire to save a bottle for some milestone birthday or big event in your life in the future (when that day may never arrive) versus going on another thrill ride now? That is a wonderful dilemma to ponder. 99+.

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