1998 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti La Tâche

Community Tasting Notes (53) Avg Score: 93.0 points

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  12/18/2023 - glou.sf Likes this wine: 93 Points

  My first La Tache, but this bottle / vintage didn't really hold up to the high expectations. There are some interesting flavors on the nose with dark and red cherries, spices, and violets. But it also feels a bit soupy and lacking freshness. There's great acidity on the palate but despite that it feels like it's missing some precision and cut. Good finish. It's by no means a bad wine (it's even a very good wine), just not showing the greatness this is supposedly capable of.

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  12/13/2023 - fcxj wrote: 94 Points

  Ethereal, fragile stage with charm. (10931/20137)

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  9/28/2023 - fcxj wrote: 90 Points

  Muted, stem aromatics. Very dry palate. (96/16921)

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  9/28/2023 - TWSA Does not like this wine: 88 Points

  Nose: dark fruits, hints of rose petals, rice cake, truffles
  Notes: Drank from a magnum. I find 1998 quite a tricky vintage in the sense that most wines (I've had a few exceptions and those were fantastic yet most have this issue) are a bit unbalanced. This wine is muted and quite mediocre, palate was appalling, nose was rather messy. Somehow I don't really feel this is bottle variation and having tried a couple of 98 from DRC (and a lot of others from Burgundy) this might just be the way it is.
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  Rating: 88

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  5/17/2023 - cab blends Does not like this wine: 89 Points

  NOT blind
  
  I was very disappointed. Simple and light. Integrated but lack roundness and complexity. Maybe just a bad day?

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