La Tâche

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Accessory grape varieties

Terroir

• The vineyard lies within the Côte de Nuits, a rectilinear escarpment of tectonic origin extending approximately 25 kilometres in a general north–south direction.
• The temperate oceanic climate, nuanced by continental or southerly influences, receives moderate rainfall of around 750 millimetres per year and has a mean annual temperature of 10.5°C.
• The slope, with a drop of approximately 150 metres, rests on a series of Middle Jurassic limestones, including the Comblanchien limestone, which is particularly compact and forms the structural backbone of the relief.
• The lower part of the slope rests on crinoidal limestones dating from the Bajocian, overlain by several metres of Bajocian marls, while the upper part of the slope rests on soft, frost-susceptible Bathonian limestones.
• The soils are poorly developed, generally calcareous, and shallow with a high clay content; they are nonetheless well-draining owing to the limestone nature of the subsoil, and a strong presence of iron oxides gives them a characteristic red colour.
• The parcels delimited for grape harvesting form a narrow band elongated along the line of the slope, at an altitude of between 250 and 300 metres.

• Known since the seventeenth century, the lieu-dit La Tâche appears always to have had a single owner and was not divided during the French Revolution, despite the confiscation and subsequent auctioning of noble estates.
• In 1816, André Jullien ranked the wine of La Tâche in the first class among the fine wines of Burgundy, judging it more suited to long ageing than its neighbouring crus.

• The wines express both power and charm, revealing themselves to be solid and full-structured while always displaying great harmony.
• The wines develop intense aromas of ripe or candied red and black fruits, musk, leather, and humus, with a very great aromatic persistence.
• These wines possess a cellaring potential of several decades, which is often conducive to their full expression.

• The gently eastward-facing slope and the slight elevation above the plain shelter the parcels from morning mists and spring frosts while ensuring them generous sunshine.
• The optimal water balance of the soil results from the combination of a surface layer that retains moisture and a limestone subsoil that provides effective drainage.

Facts drawn from the specification's terroir-link section by automatic interpretation — see the source.

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Sources

• Product specification (BO Agri, PDF)
• Official INAO text (show_texte)
• INAO product entry
• Official trade body site — BIVB