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La Tâche

DRC's 6.06-hectare monopole, roughly three times Romanée-Conti's size and its closest peer in price.

La Tâche, Vosne-Romanée
Ohndo · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Area6.1 ha15 ac
Planted6.1 ha
Yield27.0 hl/hahectolitres per hectare
Land value, regional range≈$7,275,450–13,431,600 /haSAFER grand cru averages 2024
Elevation280 m

La Tâche is a 6.06-hectare grand cru monopole of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti. Production is around 18,000–20,000 bottles in a normal year.

The essentials

The site and its economics

La Tâche is a 6.06-hectare grand cru monopole of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti. Production is around 18,000–20,000 bottles in a normal year.

Site facts

Owner
Domaine de la Romanée-Conti
Grape varieties
Pinot Noir
Soil
Limestone, marl
Climate
Continental
Coordinates
47.1600, 4.9500
Owner
Domaine de la Romanée-Conti (monopole)
Bottles a year
≈ 18,000–20,000DRC, widely reported

At the going rate for vineyard land in this region, a site this size would be worth roughly ≈$44,089,227–≈$81,395,496. Famous vineyards like this one almost never change hands, and when they do the price is far higher.

Wines from this site

Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, La Tâche Grand Cru
La Tâche, Vosne-Romanée
Lage La Tâche Photograph · Ohndo · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
La Tâche, Vosne-Romanée
Rebe - La Tâche Photograph · Ohndo · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
The regionBurgundyPinot Noir and Chardonnay at their most detailed.About the region

Sources

  1. Le prix des terres — vignes, SAFER / FNSAFER, 2025. Retrieved 3 September 2026. FNSAFER figures as reproduced in the official 2024 vineyard-value table (Décision du 26 août 2025), on a page that opens from outside France.
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