Domaine Romanee Conti La Tache Grand Cru 2023 Bouteille (75cl)

Histoire du domaine

The history of the Romanée-Conti vineyard dates back to the Priory of Saint-Vivant, founded in the early 10th century, which owned land in Vosne during the Middle Ages. The future vineyard was known as the Cros des Cloux before being leased in perpetuity to Claude Cousin in 1584. It then passed to Jacques Venot in 1621, and subsequently to the de Croonembourg family; the name ‘Romanée’ first appears in historical records in 1651. In 1760, Louis-François de Bourbon, Prince of Conti, acquired the Romanée, with which his name remains associated. The vineyard was confiscated during the French Revolution and subsequently sold at auction in 1794. Jacques-Marie Duvault-Blochet bought La Romanée-Conti in 1869 and merged it with other wine-growing estates he already owned. Following a series of family transfers, the Société Civile du Domaine de la Romanée-Conti was incorporated on 31 July 1942, when Henri Leroy acquired Jacques Chambon’s shares. The estate acquired La Tâche in 1933, vineyards in Montrachet in 1963, and became the tenant of Romanée-Saint-Vivant Marey-Monge in 1966, before the partners acquired it in 1984. It also took on a lease for 2.2746 hectares of Corton in 2008, then entered into a sharecropping arrangement for 2.9132 hectares of Corton-Charlemagne in 2018. Since 2021, the estate has been co-managed by Bertrand de Villaine and Perrine Fenal; Alexandre Bernier oversees the cellar and winemaking.

Le domaine dans cette parcelle

Estate holding in the vineyard (ha)

6.062000 ha

Year the vineyard was acquired

1933

Vineyard holding status

Owner and sole proprietor of the entirety of La Tâche

Histoire de la parcelle

The presence of vines in Vosne-Romanée is documented as early as the Middle Ages, notably within the possessions of the Abbey of Saint-Vivant. Known since the 17th century, the La Tâche lieu-dit appears to have remained undivided and is said to have known only three owners since the French Revolution. A part of the neighboring lieu-dit Les Gaudichots, whose wines were assimilated to those of La Tâche according to practices dating back to the 18th century, was added to the historical core. Cited as first class by André Jullien in 1816 and classified as "Tête de cuvée hors ligne" by Jules Lavalle in 1855, La Tâche was recognized as an appellation d'origine contrôlée on September 11, 1936.