12 BOTTLES PER LOT
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LA TACHE AND GRANDS-ECHEZEAUX 1983
OFFERED IN ORIGINAL WOODEN CASES
LA TâCHE--VINTAGE 1983
DOMAINE DE LA ROMANéE-CONTI
EXCELLENT APPEARANCE. NON-INTEGRATED U.S. SLIPS. ONE BOTTLE SHOWS SLIGHT SIGNS OF SEEPAGE. ONE SLIGHTLY DAMAGED CAPSULE.
TASTING NOTE: PRODUCTION: 1,097 CASES. THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL VINTAGE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DECADES, THE 1983 REVEALS A DARK RUBY/GARNET COLOR 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. 92 POINTS. ROBERT PARKER, WINE ADVOCATE # 100 (AUG 1995)
12 BOTTLES PER LOT
OFFERED IN ORIGINAL WOODEN CASES
LA TâCHE--VINTAGE 1983
DOMAINE DE LA ROMANéE-CONTI
EXCELLENT APPEARANCE. NON-INTEGRATED U.S. SLIPS. ONE BOTTLE SHOWS SLIGHT SIGNS OF SEEPAGE. ONE SLIGHTLY DAMAGED CAPSULE.
TASTING NOTE: PRODUCTION: 1,097 CASES. THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL VINTAGE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DECADES, THE 1983 REVEALS A DARK RUBY/GARNET COLOR 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. 92 POINTS. ROBERT PARKER, WINE ADVOCATE # 100 (AUG 1995)
12 BOTTLES PER LOT