Lot 70
70
ParcelWineNo VAT will be charged on the hammer pri… Read more LA TACHE - A HISTORY The original La Tâche vineyard owned by Louis-Philibert Joly de Bevy at the beginning of the revolution passed, by forced sale after the revolution, through Jacques Jacquinot to Claude-François Viénot, a négociant in Dijon. At the turn of the 19th century, Viénot, to settle debts, sold his vines to Guillaume Basire which passed to General Ligier Belair by marriage and remained in his family until 1933. For most of the 19th century, a large part of Les Gaudichots a lieu-dit adjoining La Tâche, was known in the title deeds as Tâche Gaudichots or Tâche Gaudichottée. Indeed the issue remained confused until court proceedings in 1932 and the eventual establishment of the appellation contrôllée of La Tâche in September 1936. The Duvault-Blochet family, the ancestors of the de Villaines who currently co-own the property, acquired parcels of Les Gaudichots throughout the 19th century including in 1862 a large parcel from M. Morellet and in 1866 a southern portion from M. Lausseure. Each of these vineyards was also referred to as Tâche Gaudichots. Throughout the early part of the 20th century, the basis for the appellation laws to come centered around the consistent use of local tradition, whether written or oral that would become key elements in determining the appellation d'origine. Allen Meadows, Burghound.com
La Tâche Grand Cru--Vintage 1983

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La Tâche Grand Cru--Vintage 1983
Domaine de la Romanée-Conti
All with damaged wax capsules. Lot 70 bottle no. 000216. Lot 71 bottle no. 000091. Lot 72 bottle no. 000070. Lot 73 bottle no. 000142. Lot 74 bottle no. 000044
In original straws. In original wooden cases with original bands until these were removed prior to inspection by Christies staff
Tasting Note: Noted at each of the tastings in November 1986: richly coloured; an urgent surging aroma, hard-edged at finish, but evolving gloriously in the glass; crisp, fragrant, lean, penetrating and expanding in the mouth. M.B.
1 jeroboam per lot
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