La Tâche

France · AOC (PDO) · Burgundy

Styles

Natural factors

The appellation is restricted solely to the territory of the commune of Vosne-Romanée, between Dijon and Nuits-Saint-Georges, in the département of the Côte-d'Or.
The delimited parcels extend between 250 and 300 metres in altitude, east-facing, arranged in an elongated band running down the slope.
The bedrock combines hard, fissured Bajocian limestones at the lower part of the slope, soft Bathonian limestones at the top, and a Tertiary conglomeratic formation with a salmon-pink marl matrix to the east.
The soils are weakly developed, generally calcareous and shallow, heavily clayey, yet well-draining owing to the limestone nature of the subsoil, with a characteristic red colour derived from iron oxides.
The temperate oceanic climate with continental influences records a mean annual temperature of 10.5 °C and approximately 750 mm of rainfall per year, with climatic shelter provided by the heights of the Morvan.

Human factors

Since the seventeenth century, the lieu-dit La Tâche has had only three successive owners and has never been divided, even during the Revolutionary confiscations.
As early as the twelfth century, the Cluniac abbey of Saint-Vivant held several walled vineyards with a winery on the territory of Vosne, until the eighteenth century.

Product characteristics

The aromas are reminiscent of red and black fruits, musk, leather, and humus, with notable intensity and a very long finish.
The ageing potential extends over several decades, often favouring the wines' full development. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)

Facts drawn from the cahier's terroir-link section (Lien au terroir) by automatic interpretation — see the source.