Domaine de la Romanee-Conti (DRC) La Tache Monopole Grand Cru 2018 [NET] SO20231114 and one of the wines

and one of the wines that will define the vintage

and clean finish

Made from the ancient indigenous Carcajolo Nera grape variety

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

bottled by moon phases

Domaine de la Romanee-Conti (DRC) La Tache Monopole Grand Cru 2018 [NET] SO20231114 and one of the winesLa 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