PRODUCTION: 1,444 cases. This is an odd performing wine, with an intense, vegetal nose which, if I did not know I was tasting La Tache, I would have thought was a 20-year old Pinot Noir or Cabernet Sauvignon from Monterey, California. The color exhibits considerable brown and orange, and the wine reveals a compact, surprisingly austere style for a DRC wine. Some tasters dwelled on the intellectual side of this wine, noting it had personality and character, but from a hedonistic point of view it was mediocre, not to mention bizarre.