La Tâche 2015 in magnum, still in its original wooden case. 2015 was a warm, generous year in the Côte de Nuits, and La Tâche from that vintage is widely regarded as a high point of recent decades.
About This Wine
The 2015 was picked on 7 and 8 September at about 25 hectolitres per hectare, a small crop, and bottled in March 2017. Old vines averaging around 50 years gave dense, deeply coloured fruit, and just under 1,400 cases were made. Critics were enthusiastic: Wine Advocate and Burghound both scored it 98 and Decanter 99, with notes of exotic spice, rose, sandalwood and dark fruit over firm, fine-grained tannin.
Tasting Profile
- Nose: Rose petal, lavender, sandalwood and Asian spice over dark berries and plum.
- Palate: Full and layered, with deep plummy fruit, fine yet firm tannin and marked minerality.
- Finish: Very long and spicy, with orange peel, black tea and liquorice.
Serving & Food
Critics' suggested start dates range from the mid-2020s to 2040, and a magnum will move more slowly than a bottle, so the 2030s at the earliest is a sensible plan. When ready, decant for two to three hours and pour at about 16°C into large-bowled glasses. Squab, roast hare or a rib of wagyu with morels would make fitting partners.
How to Enjoy
A centrepiece for a serious cellar, or a celebration tied to a 2015 birth or wedding year.
Product Details
Producer: Domaine de la Romanée-Conti
Appellation: La Tâche Grand Cru Monopole
Region: Vosne-Romanée, Burgundy
Vintage: 2015
Grape: Pinot Noir
Format: 1.5L magnum, original wooden case
About the Domaine
Everything at DRC starts in the vineyard. The domaine farmed organically from 1985, trialled biodynamics through the 1990s and early 2000s and adopted it fully in 2007. Soils are still ploughed, partly by horse. When a plot is replanted, the team uses cuttings from around thirty lines of small-berried vines selected from its own old parcels rather than nursery clones. Pickers sort in the rows, and the grapes are sorted again at the winery.
Whole bunches are part of the house style: the share rarely drops below about 60% and can reach 100% in ripe years such as 2015. Fermentation runs for around three weeks, and every wine is aged in new barrels made by François Frères from staves the domaine buys and seasons itself. Bertrand de Villaine and Perrine Fenal have shared the direction since 2022.