774 - 2017 Domaine de la Romanee Conti, La Tache, 1 bottle

2017 Domaine de la Romanee Conti, La Tache, 1 bottle Bottle conditions : lscl (in bond) All condition and packaging abbreviations (e.g., owc, ts, lbsl, etc.) are given in their original English form. Refer to our catalog for an explanation of these abbreviations. Wine notes: "The 2017 La Tâche Grand Cru soars from the glass with a captivating and beautifully integrated bouquet of exotic spices, rose petals, raspberries, cherries and blood orange mingled with notions of cinnamon and coniferous forest floor. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, deep and multidimensional, with a deep and tightly coiled core that marks it out as the most muscular wine in the cellar, displaying considerable concentration and largely concealed structure. While this is a dramatic young La Tâche, there's evidently plenty held in reserve, too, and it simply has appreciably more presence than any of the other wines that preceded it in this tasting."(96+pts) Provenance: King of the North: DRC Verticals Purchased on Release. A major collector in Scandinavia presents fifty-three lots devoted entirely to Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, drawn from a much larger collection. Every bottle was purchased on release and kept in temperature-controlled storage. La Tâche holds court with seventeen vintages, including every year from 2006 through 2021, plus the 2004, while Richebourg parades in thirteen vintages from 2004 through 2020!! Romanée-Conti reigns in fourteen vintages, unbroken from 2006 through 2011 and again from 2014 through 2021!!! Montrachet completes the set with nine vintages from 2002 to 2019. A royal flush of DRC; all hail the King of the North! All wines purchased on release and stored under ideal temperature-controlled conditions. Refer to original catalog header sections for additional information on provenance when available.