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LA TâCHE--VINTAGE 1962
DOMAINE DE LA ROMANéE-CONTI
CUT CAPSULE. BRANDED CORK WITH SIGNS OF SLIGHT SHRINKAGE. SLIGHTLY DAMAGED TO THE BASE OF THE LABEL. LEVEL AT 5,2CMS BELOW BASE OF CORK. VERY NICE COLOUR
TASTING NOTE: PRODUCTION: 2,228 CASES. TWO PREVIOUS TASTING NOTES CONFIRMED WHAT THIS TASTING REVEALED - 1962 WAS AN UNEQUIVOCAL SUCCESS FOR THE DRC. THE 1962 LA TACHE REVEALS AN EXCELLENT GARNET COLOR WITH CREEPING RUST AND AMBER AT THE EDGE. THE MAGNIFICENT NOSE OFFERS COPIOUS QUANTITIES OF SWEET, OVERRIPE BLACK FRUITS, SCENTS OF TRUFFLES AND CEDAR INTERMINGLED WITH WOODSY, SMOKY NOTES. SWEET, WITH SURPRISING VISCOSITY AND HIGH ALCOHOL, THIS CREAMY-TEXTURED, VOLUPTUOUS LA TACHE HAS BEEN FULLY MATURE FOR SOME TIME. IT IS ONE OF THOSE REMARKABLE WINES THAT REMAINS AT ITS APOGEE AS IF IT WERE IMMORTAL. IT IS ABSOLUTELY SPECTACULAR FROM ALL PERSPECTIVES - AROMATICS, TEXTURE, FLAVORS, COMPLEXITY, EXTRACTION, AND FINISH. WOULDN'T IT BE NICE TO HAVE MAGNUMS OF THIS STASHED AWAY! 96 POINTS. ROBERT PARKER, WINE ADVOCATE # 100 (AUG 1995)
1 MAGNUM PER LOT
DOMAINE DE LA ROMANéE-CONTI
CUT CAPSULE. BRANDED CORK WITH SIGNS OF SLIGHT SHRINKAGE. SLIGHTLY DAMAGED TO THE BASE OF THE LABEL. LEVEL AT 5,2CMS BELOW BASE OF CORK. VERY NICE COLOUR
TASTING NOTE: PRODUCTION: 2,228 CASES. TWO PREVIOUS TASTING NOTES CONFIRMED WHAT THIS TASTING REVEALED - 1962 WAS AN UNEQUIVOCAL SUCCESS FOR THE DRC. THE 1962 LA TACHE REVEALS AN EXCELLENT GARNET COLOR WITH CREEPING RUST AND AMBER AT THE EDGE. THE MAGNIFICENT NOSE OFFERS COPIOUS QUANTITIES OF SWEET, OVERRIPE BLACK FRUITS, SCENTS OF TRUFFLES AND CEDAR INTERMINGLED WITH WOODSY, SMOKY NOTES. SWEET, WITH SURPRISING VISCOSITY AND HIGH ALCOHOL, THIS CREAMY-TEXTURED, VOLUPTUOUS LA TACHE HAS BEEN FULLY MATURE FOR SOME TIME. IT IS ONE OF THOSE REMARKABLE WINES THAT REMAINS AT ITS APOGEE AS IF IT WERE IMMORTAL. IT IS ABSOLUTELY SPECTACULAR FROM ALL PERSPECTIVES - AROMATICS, TEXTURE, FLAVORS, COMPLEXITY, EXTRACTION, AND FINISH. WOULDN'T IT BE NICE TO HAVE MAGNUMS OF THIS STASHED AWAY! 96 POINTS. ROBERT PARKER, WINE ADVOCATE # 100 (AUG 1995)
1 MAGNUM PER LOT