100 Points - Jasper Morris MW
La Tâche had been racked but returned to barrel three weeks earlier. It was showing a medium density of purple, with peppery notes up front plus old rose petals. Liquid dark raspberry fruit, very intense indeed, smothering the tannins. Black pepper again, and then the sweetness if the roses. Something of everything here. Retasting brings out more detail as start to see inside the intensity, heavenly! I suspect a first class La Tâche in the making.
99 Points - Burghound
Much like the Romanée St. Vivant, here the equally reserved nose is overtly floral in character with a beautifully layered array of hoisin, soy, clove, anise, black cherry coulis, sandalwood and exotic jasmine and pekoe tea scents. Once again, the texture of the rich and impressively concentrated broad-shouldered flavors is super-sleek, and they too exude an almost pungent minerality on the clean, bright and exceptionally persistent finale where the only nit is a touch of backend warmth. Despite being very firmly structured, the mid-palate density is such that this could probably be approached after only 12 to 15 years. With that said, the 2020 LT should be capable of at least 25 years of improvement and 30 would not surprise me unduly. This is quite simply exquisite.
99 Points - William Kelley
The 2020 La Tâche Grand Cru is magical, mingling notions of mulberries, cherries and cassis with scents of bergamot, black tea, licorice, exotic spices and peonies. Full-bodied, rich and resonant, with a broad attack, huge mid-palate amplitude and a supple, seamless, elegantly muscular profile, this is a remarkably powerful but also profoundly complex, intellectually and sensually thrilling young wine.
