Winery - La Tâche
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* Expert NoteDecember 19, 2005
Another big nose with sweet and spicy aromas, lots of pepper, earth, smoke and sweet complex fruit and spices, but not as compelling as the ’62; sweet and smooth in the mouth; has the sweetness of the ’62 but not the depth or the grip; smooth and silky though with more of a seductive quality, but less of the thrust; long, smooth finish big earthen and sweet fruit flavors; a beautiful wine. (19/20) Served again at the XXVI Daniel dinner, but I thought the wine at that event was more advanced and tired; the nose, while sweet and rich also had more tobacco notes and a hint of violets and lilacs in the nose; the nose was better than the wine, which my notes reflect was a bit thin and dilute, and was losing its fruit at the finish. I would not rate the bottle I had at this event higher than a 16.5 or 17, even though Bill Zeckendorf did not agree with my assessment and thought I was too harsh.
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* Expert NoteDecember 19, 2005
I am fortunate to have had this wine each of several of the last years, and it never seems to disappoint; huge nose, evoking complex and deep aromas, smoked meat, iron, sour mash, pepper, dense and powerful; sweet and rich in the mouth with a restrained power that seems to chomp at the bit; big, razor-sharp acidity integrates well with dry, elegant tannins that provide a solid platform for the fruit to perform; fabulous sweetness permeates the finish in the mouth; very balanced and seemingly endless; a brooding presence of a wine that conjures up images of Hamlet on the ramparts. (20+/20)
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* Expert NoteDecember 19, 2005
Wonderful nose, sweet and perfumed redolent of lilacs and linden blossoms, pepper, chocolate and caramel, deep and rich aromas but with underlying power; sweet and seductive in the mouth, ripe fruit, mostly black fruits mixed with sweet caramel, chocolate; expansive wine with intense fruit flavors that grow in the mouth; elegant finish; no disappointment here. (19/20)
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* Expert NoteDecember 19, 2005
Not a great year for Burgundy, but the problems are not reflected in this wine; the nose is quite loaded with deep black cherry and black fruit aromas, and the presence of smoke and earth, green herbs, stems, quite perfumed and aromatic; sweet but clumsy in the mouth at the first taste, losing more as it opens; earthen, somewhat flat and dry at the finish; lighter and more dilute than this wine is in the better years; still, all-in-all it shows its breeding. (15.5/20)
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* Expert NoteDecember 19, 2005
First nose is pure horseshit, funky and barnyardy to a fault, then more fruit and sweet aromas emerge, but the total effect is quite earthen and basic with lots of intensity but little pleasure; the flavors in the mouth are better; there is sweet fruit, particularly in the first taste, which has the classic black fruit and stemmy flavors that this wine produces; the balance is missing, though, as the amount of raw tannins overlays the weaker fruit, and produces a dry woody wine; it shows that in not very good years, even the greats do not produce great wine. (15.5/20)
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* Expert NoteDecember 19, 2005
Although very young, this wine already exhibits wonderful richness and poise; rich ripe fruits define the nose, black cherry, smoke, lots of black pepper, rich and dense but with character; sweet and earthen in the mouth; not as much of the stems apparent in this wine at this stage, and there is more forward sweet fruit; black cherries and plums; smoky; richly textured; dense yet defined; layered flavors become more acidic and sharper in the mouth as the wine sits in the glass; a very good wine although lacking in some of the more traditional elements of La Tâche at this stage of its life. (17.5/20)
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