📜 La Tâche
A famous red grand cru from Pinot Noir in Vosne-Romanée.
La Tâche is a famous red grand cru of Burgundy. It lies in the commune of Vosne-Romanée, in the Côte de Nuits, and covers a small plot on a slope. The wine is made from Pinot Noir and is red and still.
What marks La Tâche is that it is a monopole: the whole vineyard belongs to one owner, Domaine de la Romanée-Conti. Such plots are called monopoles. There are few of them, they are costly, and the wines are sold in small lots.
The name is protected as a PDO, a protected designation of origin. The wine is usually described as rich, with notes of cherry, spice and forest floor. It ages well, and bottles can keep for decades.
La Tâche is tied to the Côte de Nuits, the main red zone of Burgundy. Other famous plots of Vosne-Romanée lie nearby. Like all of Burgundy, it is a place where the plot of land matters more than the grape. Because of its rarity and price, this wine more often reaches collectors than an ordinary table.
How it connects to Wine
📜 La Tâche ← main grape of ← 🍇 Pinot Noir → kind of → 🍇 Grape varieties → kind of → 🍷 Wine
Links
- Where it is
- 📍 Côte de Nuits
- Main grapes
- 🍇 Pinot Noir
- Wines
- 🍷 Red wine
- Related to
- 🍷 Still wine
Frequently asked questions
What is La Tâche?
A famous red grand cru of Burgundy in the commune of Vosne-Romanée.
What does it mean that La Tâche is a monopole?
The whole vineyard belongs to one owner, Domaine de la Romanée-Conti.
What grape is La Tâche made from?
The red grape Pinot Noir.
What to read next
- 🍷 Red wine — Wine from dark grapes that ferments with the skins and takes its colour from them.
- 🍷 Still wine — Wine without noticeable bubbles: EU category 1, at least 8.5–9 % actual alcohol and no more than 15 % total; red, white, rosé or orange.
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⚠️ Wine contains alcohol: adults only, drink in moderation. Wine usually contains sulphites; egg white or milk proteins are sometimes used for fining — important for allergies and for vegans.