2020 Domaine de la Romanee-Conti La Tache Grand Cru Monopole Cote de Nuits France

Press
"Note: a monopole of 6.06 ha Much like the Romanée St. Vivant, here the equally reserved nose is overtly floral in character with a beautifully layered array of hoisin, soy, clove, anise, black cherry coulis, sandalwood and exotic jasmine and pekoe tea scents. Once again, the texture of the rich and impressively concentrated broad-shouldered flavors is super-sleek, and they too exude an almost pungent minerality on the clean, bright and exceptionally persistent finale where the only nit is a touch of backend warmth. Despite being very firmly structured, the mid-palate density is such that this could probably be approached after only 12 to 15 years. With that said, the 2020 LT should be capable of at least 25 years of improvement and 30 would not surprise me unduly. This is quite simply exquisite." 

Rated 99 Points Burghound

"The 2020 La Tâche Grand Cru is magical, mingling notions of mulberries, cherries and cassis with scents of bergamot, black tea, licorice, exotic spices and peonies. Full-bodied, rich and resonant, with a broad attack, huge mid-palate amplitude and a supple, seamless, elegantly muscular profile, this is a remarkably powerful but also profoundly complex, intellectually and sensually thrilling young wine."

Rated 99 Points Wine Advocate

"The 2020 La Tâche incarnates everything wonderful about this vintage – it is ripe, exuberant, and approachable, yet packed with potential and the substance for long aging. The wine continues to impress with the similar exotic red fruit and floral notes that it showed out of barrel, and it is already giving great pleasure. Still, there is great concentration and length to this wine; it may, like the 2009 vintage, be ready to drink early and never shut down. Picking began on 30 August and finished on 2 – 3 September after a short break for rain. 14,844 bottles were produced."

Rated 98 Points Decanter

"La Tâche is no denser in colour. The bouquet introduces nobility but as always in a slightly sterner register No easy access here. The stems are apparent on the palate, bringing crushed dark strawberries and white pepper, ahead of the roses. A fleeting thought of tar and roses but not the same acidity of course as Barolo, though there is a good thread nonetheless. There is much more red fruit here and perhaps some iron oxide, and indeed La Tâche does indeed display a redder soil. Drink from 2040-2060."

Rated 98 Points Jasper Morris

"The 2020 La Tâche Grand Cru was picked 30 August and 2 and 3 September at 29.7hL/ha. This has to be left for 5-10 minutes to unfurl. Complex nose, pressed flowers (peony and iris), hints of Lapsang Souchong and briary, this La Tâche has a cerebral nature that sets it apart. The palate is medium-bodied with filigree tannins. The 2020 is an exquisitely sculpted and focused wine, the epitome of an iron fist in a velvety glove. Silky smooth in texture, a peacock’s tail on the finish with unerring mineralité, this is a divine La Tâche that will age over many many years. 1,237 cases produced. Tasted at Corney & Barrow’s annual in bottle tasting in London."

Rated 98 Points Vinous