Named vineyard
La Tâche
Identity card
Grand cruAOPRed
Burgundy › Côte de Nuits › Vosne-Romanée · Recognised on 11 September 1936
- Grand cru
- Premier cru
- Village
- Regional
Key points
- A red grand cru of about 5 ha, in Vosne-Romanée only.
- At most 35 hl/ha and at least 11.5% natural alcohol.
Grape varieties
Red wine onlyPinot Noir
Allowed as a small share of the red wine: Chardonnay, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris (5% at most of the vines in each plot)
Only interplanted among the vines
Production rules
35
hl/ha
Maximum yield
11.5
% ABV
Minimum natural alcohol
9,000
vines/ha
Minimum planting density
Minimum ageing: At least until 15 June after the harvest
- Maximum yield
- How much wine a hectare may produce under the appellation (a higher, exceptional ceiling often exists). The lower it is, the less can be made: one of the levers on how concentrated the grapes are. For reference: 35 hl/ha to 80 hl/ha across 68 Oenopia appellations of the same colour.
- Minimum natural alcohol
- The alcohol the grapes' own sugar must be able to give, without enrichment: a ripeness threshold at harvest. For reference: 9 % ABV to 12.5 % ABV across 64 Oenopia appellations of the same colour.
- Minimum planting density
- The fewest vines allowed per hectare. For the same yield, more vines means fewer grapes on each. For reference: 4,000 vines/ha to 9,000 vines/ha across 76 Oenopia appellations of the same colour.
- Minimum ageing
- A minimum ageing period the specification requires before the wine may be sold to consumers.
Terroir
- Lie of the land: A narrow strip running down the slope, 250 to 300 m
- Soils: Crinoidal limestone below, frost-shattered limestone above
- Soils: To the east, limestone blocks in salmon-pink marl
Wine style
Boundaries: INAO, AOC vineyard plot delimitation (September 2026 edition) · Open Licence
Specification
26 October 2011
Décret n° 2011-1397 du 26 octobre 2011 relatif à l'AOC « La Tâche » (JORF n°0252 du 29 octobre 2011, page 18277, texte n°57)
Labelling terms
- The name may be followed by the words "grand cru"
Nearby appellations
Sources
- Official sourceCahier des charges de l'appellation d'origine contrôlée « La Tâche »— Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité (INAO)
- Official sourceCahier des charges de l'appellation d'origine contrôlée « Vosne-Romanée »— Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité (INAO)
- Reference bookThe Oxford Companion to Wine— Oxford University Press
- Official sourceCahiers des charges d'AOC publiés au BO-AGRI (décrets du 26 octobre 2011) — dont « Chambertin », « Chambertin-Clos de Bèze », « Chapelle-Chambertin », « Mazis-Chambertin » et « Corton »— Ministère de l'agriculture et de la souveraineté alimentaire — Bulletin officiel (BO-AGRI)
- Official sourceDélimitation parcellaire des AOC viticoles de l'INAO (jeu de données ouvert)— Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité (INAO) / data.gouv.fr
- Trade bodyFiches d'appellation des vins de Bourgogne (surfaces et récoltes)— Bureau Interprofessionnel des Vins de Bourgogne (BIVB)
Six hectares in a single block at the southern end of the slope, a narrow strip running straight down the incline between 250 and 300 metres — with La Grande Rue, one of only two Vosne grands crus to cross the hillside this way. Crinoidal limestone and marl at the bottom, soft Bathonian limestone at the top and, to the east near the village, a Tertiary conglomerate of large blocks set in salmon-pink marl. A monopoly of the Domaine de la Romanée-Conti.
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