Domaine Romanee Conti, La Tache Grand Cru

96 /100 RobertParker.com, 2020 - 2040 The 2000 La Tâche Grand Cru is drinking just as well now as it was when I last encountered it two years ago. As deep and complex as ever, it evokes wilted rose petals, sweet wild berry fruit, exotic spices, orange rind and violets, followed by a full-bodied, sensual and enveloping palate that's suave and layered, with succulent acids and a long, sapid finish. Served side by side, it's thicker and lustier than the more ethereal, haunting Romanée-Conti itself, but both bottles were showing brilliantly.