Above 3 bottles per lot
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La Tâche Grand Cru--Vintage 1983
Slightly corroded capsule. Slightly bin-soiled label. Leroy slip label. Bottle number 010555. Level 1.4cm below base of cork(1)
Grands-Echézeaux--Vintage 1983
Domaine de la Romanée-Conti. One label slightly bin-soiled and slightly damaged and one label stained and damaged. Bottle numbers 011711 and 011715. Very good levels(2)
La Tâche Tasting Note: The most controversial vintage over the last several decades, the 1983 reveals a dark ruby/garnet colour with noticeable lightening at the edge. The intoxicatingly perfumed bouquet offers up intense aromas of earth, mushrooms, sweet, overripe black-raspberry fruit, prunes, smoke, and Asian spices. The complex aromatics are followed by a powerful, tannic, highly concentrated wine with immense body, some astringency, and a huge, alcoholic, rich, glycerin-dominated finish. While it is not the purest example of La Tache, it is one of the few great expressions of this vintage. It should drink well for another 10-15+ years, although the colour will continue to become more degraded with aging. Robert Parker, Wine Advocate 100, August 1995
Above 3 bottles per lot
Slightly corroded capsule. Slightly bin-soiled label. Leroy slip label. Bottle number 010555. Level 1.4cm below base of cork(1)
Grands-Echézeaux--Vintage 1983
Domaine de la Romanée-Conti. One label slightly bin-soiled and slightly damaged and one label stained and damaged. Bottle numbers 011711 and 011715. Very good levels(2)
La Tâche Tasting Note: The most controversial vintage over the last several decades, the 1983 reveals a dark ruby/garnet colour with noticeable lightening at the edge. The intoxicatingly perfumed bouquet offers up intense aromas of earth, mushrooms, sweet, overripe black-raspberry fruit, prunes, smoke, and Asian spices. The complex aromatics are followed by a powerful, tannic, highly concentrated wine with immense body, some astringency, and a huge, alcoholic, rich, glycerin-dominated finish. While it is not the purest example of La Tache, it is one of the few great expressions of this vintage. It should drink well for another 10-15+ years, although the colour will continue to become more degraded with aging. Robert Parker, Wine Advocate 100, August 1995
Above 3 bottles per lot
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