Domaine de la Romanee-Conti (DRC) La Tache Monopole Grand Cru 2018 [NET] REDBURGUNDYROUNDUP it rewards a few years

it rewards a few years of patience

it is the world's first single malt to create an assemblage of six cask finishes

transparent style

delicately poised yet powerful

concrete eggs and older casks

Domaine de la Romanee-Conti (DRC) La Tache Monopole Grand Cru 2018 [NET] REDBURGUNDYROUNDUP it rewards a few yearsLa 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