star (2013-09-11)
Ciekawa historia posiadłości (pralinka) plus związki la Tache z Gaudichots Foreya.

Domaine de la Romanée-Conti
The domaine traces its history back to the monks of the Priory of St. Vincent who were bestowed the vineyard from the Dukes of Burgundy two centuries earlier. In 1232 they donated 1.8 hectares of land known as Cros des Clous to the local Abbey of Saint-Vivant, now known as Romanée-St-Vivant.

In 1631 it was sold to the de Croonembourg family who changed the name to "Romanée" and acquired the adjacent vineyard of "La Tâche" (which literally translates as "task".) The origin of the word "Romanée" is uncertain, perhaps in deference to the Romans? We may never know.

Throughout the 18th century its wines became renowned but in 1760 André de Croonembourg decided to sell the domaine. A fierce battle of ownership ensued between the king's mistress, Marquise de Pompadour and her nemesis Louis-François de Bourgon, Prince de Conti, first cousin of Louis XV, whom she had exiled from the royal court at Versailles. It was Conti who became the proud owner of the most esteemed vineyard in Burgundy for the princely sum of 8,000 livres, for which Conti duly appended his name. Henceforth Romanée-Conti and La Tâche were under separate ownership.

However the Prince de Conti decided to keep all the wine for his own personal consumption, to the chagrin of virtually every person in France, who responded by their deification of La Tâche instead. La Tâche was purchased by the Marey family in 1791, who already owned plots in Romané-Saint-Vivant, although at that time it only covered 1.5 hectares.

Fortunately for everyone except Conti (who eventually died in exile in Spain) the Romanée-Conti vineyard was sequestered by the State in 1793 and the bien nationale was eventually purchased by the Parisian Nicolas Defer de la Nouerre who sold it in 1819 to former banker of Napoléon, Julien Ouvrard for 78,000 francs, triple the value of Chambertin or indeed La Tâche. Ouvrard also owned the entire climat of Clos-de-Vougeot and vinified the wine there.

In 1869 it was sold again to Mon. Duvault-Blochet who Clive Coates MW desribes as "probably the most important vineyard-owner Burgundy has seen since the Revolution" He expanded the domaine's holdings, purchasing vines in neighbouring Grand Cru`s such as Richebourg, Grand Echézeaux and Echézeaux. He was honoured in the exceptional vintages of 1999 and 2002 by having a special cuvée named after him.

Up until the 1930`s, part of La Tâche was labeled as Les Gaudichots. Les Gaudichots was absorbed into La Tâche in 1936 after several lawsuits. In 1966, Domaine de la Romanée-Conti took over management of holdings by the Marey-Monge family (you can sometimes find the name mentioned on bottles to the confusion of many) and in 1988 they bought it outright.
wino4524#48579

star (2014-01-10)
La Tache trafiło do Polski do Domu Wina (skąd fotka) jak informują na DeoBloxie (pralinka) w noworocznych pisankach.

Po kolei: o ile stwierdzenia "jedno z najsłynniejszych win burgundzkich" i "legenda legend" jeszcze ujdą, to "drugie wino najsłynniejszej posiadłości świata" już raczej nie, "drugie wino" to w winiarstwie pojecie dość dokładnie określone (choć nieformalne) i La Tache w żaden sposób nie można nazwać "drugim winem", co do najsłynniejszości DRC - powątpiewam, choć nie wiem, czy były przeprowadzone na całym świecie jakieś wiarygodne badania, która posiadłość może nosić to zaszczytne miano. "W nosie nieco kwiatów i fascynująca mieszanka ziemi, skóry, herbaty i przypraw" - mało zachęcające, ale dobra. W kolejnym zdaniu (?) za to pojawiają się "taniczne aromaty o niezwykłej gęstości" i tu już muszę zaprotestować, bo aromaty, nawet gdy "cudownie bogate", taniczne być nie mogą. Co do doboru potraw też mam wątpliwości, ale się na tym za bardzo nie znam, więc tylko wyrażę zdziwienie, że do tak wyrafinowanego wina proponuje się "gulasz wołowy" i nieśmiało zapytam, dlaczego pierś kaczki będzie cacy, a udko - be. Kropkę nad "i" stawia "Marek Bończyk". Tak, TEN Bończyk (prawidłowo napisane nazwisko występuje na okładce Czasu Wina), który jednak, jak wynika z jego zapisu na Winicjatywie , tego La Tache prawdopodobnie nie pił.
wino4524#49399

star (2014-01-11)
Amsti wyszperał taką opinię WS o warzywności 1993 la Tache DRC, więc dorzucę może Parkera i K&L z (pralinka) KLWines. Co ciekawe Parker kazał pić do 2010, a w 2012 WS mimo wszystko się zachwycił. Widać nierówne butelkowanie, jak czasami w Biedronce;-)

95 points Wine Spectator
The nose evidences a slight floral quality, and a fascinating mix of earth, leather, tea and spice notes plus an interesting green bark component. The slightly austere, tannic, wonderfully rich flavors are dense, in fact extremely dense with excellent depth and terrific complexity and a finish that seems to go on forever. Though there are now hints of secondary aromas, this remains very young, structured and remarkably intense. When you get the right bottle, the '93 can be a real stunner. Note: the inconsistency of this wine continues unabated as a bottle opened at the Domaine recently was almost aggressively vegetal and awkward. In short, when it's good it's very good but I've now had too many disappointing bottles not to be wary. (1/ 2012)

90 points Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
As usual, La Tache reveals the most saturated deep ruby color of the DRC's, a tight but promising nose of smoky, game-like aromas intertwined with red and black fruits, minerals, and vanillin from new oak. Medium to full-bodied, with sweet, concentrated, berry fruit, this tannic, spicy, backward wine appears to possess the requisite extraction to ensure a long, positive evolution. Give it 7-10 years of cellaring and drink it over the following 12-15 years. The DRC's 1993s possess the vintage's toughness, tannic structure, austerity, and aging potential. They will not be flattering to drink in their youth, and most will require 6-10 years of cellaring. Typical of the vintage, they appear to be the most tannic and structured wines made at this domaine since 1983. (8/ 1995)

K&L Notes
95 points Wine Spectator: "Light red. Beautiful nose, very youthful and pure. A vegetal note emerges with air. Packed with dense fruit and marked by a very firm structure of both acidity and dense tannins. The fruit is locked up right now in this massive, powerful La Tâche. Rather than open in the glass, this appears to close up, but have faith; this will be great." (06/06) 90 points Robert Parker: "As usual, La Tache reveals the most saturated deep ruby color of the DRC's, a tight but promising nose of smoky, game-like aromas intertwined with red and black fruits, minerals, and vanillin from new oak. Medium to full-bodied, with sweet, concentrated, berry fruit, this tannic, spicy, backward wine appears to possess the requisite extraction to ensure a long, positive evolution. Give it 7-10 years of cellaring and drink it over the following 12-15 years." (08/95)
wino4524#49405

star (2015-08-18)
Jak ewoluowała la Tache vs Gaudichots dowiecie się u https://winehog.org/vosne-romanee-les-gaudichots-16919/ Wine Hoga.

La Tâche is one of the most legendary vineyards in Burgundy, and was ranked as one of the very best vineyards in Burgundy by Lavalle and is perhaps only surpassed by Romanee-Conti. It was therefore very attractive to sell the wines of Les Gaudichots under the La Tâche name.

During the last part of the 19th century the owners of Les Gaudichot began to use the term La Tache when selling wines from Les Gaudichot. The background for this was most likely commercial, but it was also based on the fact that large parts of Les Gaudichots, were named Tâche Gaudichots or Tâche Gaudichottée in title deeds. The situation resembles the case of Les Richebourg and Les Verroilles ou Richebourg, where the borders between the vineyards were somewhat diluted over time – and finally they were merged.

The use of the La Tâche name finally became too much for the owner of the original part of La Tache – La Tâche Joly de Bévy. The dispute were settled in lawsuit in 1932 – and the court ruled that the name La Tache could also be used for wines from the main part of Les Gaudchots.
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