Tasted at the La Tache vertical at The Square. Given the performance of the Romanée-Conti 1965 the previous evening, surely everyone attending was privately speculating whether the La Tache 1965 could defy form with such daring-do. The answer is "non," but don't dismiss it entirely. Mature with a brick core and tawny-colored rim, it has a slightly tawdry, singed-leather nose that is diffuse and relinquished all its fruit years ago. But the palate is better with vestiges of freshness, notes of soy and brown sugar (chaptalization?) with a simple but pretty finish that is like watching a flame being snuffed out between your fingers.