Domaine de la Romanee-Conti- A Private Sale
Fri, Oct 4, 2024 03:00PM EDT - Sat, Oct 5, 2024 03:00PM EDT
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- 2008
- 750ml
- France
- Burgundy
- Cote de Nuits
- Vosne-Romanee
- Pinot Noir
- Red
- La Tache
- II3017
- II3017
Lot 41
2008 DRC La Tache - 1 bottle(s)-750ml
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This lot is comprised of 1 bottle(s) of 2008 DRC La Tache - 750ml. Estimate for this lot is between $5400 - $6600 with a Buy it now price of $6000. The wine in this lot belongs to collection 11535.
Please note the following conditions on the bottle in this lot - Scratched label .
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All lots are located in Calgary, Alberta Canada. Confirmation of pickup or delivery of Iron Gate Commercial Auction winnings must be made within 60 days of auction close. Thereafter, your winnings will be subject to storage fees, including a $75 setup, subsequent $5.00/case/month and $1.25 per bottle fee for inventory services. If no contact has been made within two years, auction winnings will be considered abandoned.
It is the responsibility of the buyer to make all arrangements for insuring, packing and removing the property purchased and any assistance by the Auctioneer, or the employees of, agents or contractors in packing and removal shall be rendered as a courtesy and without any liability to them. The Auctioneer shall not be liable for any errors or omissions or damage caused by packers and shippers, notwithstanding the fact that the Auctioneer may have recommended such shippers or packers to the purchaser.
These bottles are from the cellar of a long time licensee (restaurant) in Eastern Canada. They were acquired on release from the agent and immediately stored in the restaurant's environmentally controlled cellar until coming to Iron Gate.
The score 96 for 2008 DRC La Tache is from Burghound, Allen Meadows and this is the tasting note - This takes a while to get going because like the Richebourg, this is initially reduced so you'll need to decant it if you're going to sacrifice a young wine on the altar of curiosity. After aggressive swirling, a highly expressive and kaleidoscopic nose offers up a dazzling breadth of aromas with more rose petal and violet notes combining with those of kirsch, herb and humus, all of which are reflected by the ripe, pure and extremely fresh silkily-textured big-bodied flavors that possess firm tannins that are completely enrobed by the impressive amount of extract that also coats the mouth on the hugely long and ever-so-slightly minty finish. The '08 La Tâche is not an especially powerful wine by its standards and it's more like a gymnast with its sleek muscularity. That said and again like the Richebourg, all of the structural elements are not yet in perfect balance but the sheer length of the finish is immense, which is always a very positive sign.