Domaine de la Romanee-Conti (DRC) La Tache Monopole Grand Cru 2018 [NET] SO20231114 garrigue herbs

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highlighting fruit from the Aÿ vineyard

this is made in the vineyard

so they've had plenty of time to figure out how to make the south taste bright

Hugel has been making wine in Riquewihr since 1639 — twelve generations of one of Alsace's foundational families

Domaine de la Romanee-Conti (DRC) La Tache Monopole Grand Cru 2018 [NET] SO20231114 garrigue herbsLa Tche is DRC's monopole and the largest of their Grand Crus, the most opulent and powerfully built of the domaine's reds. 2018 was a warm, ripe vintage in Burgundy, and the La Tche translates that into volume rather than weight: a big, muscular wine with explosive fruit depth, layered florals, and the kind of mid palate density that completely envelops the appellation's typically firm tannins. The finish is long and slightly austere, a counterweight