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Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, La Tâche Grand Cru 2004

2004 was a mixed year in Burgundy. Some estates did well and others struggled.

Save · All vintages of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, La Tâche Grand Cru · Compare

Grand cru and premier cru vineyards with a stone cross, Vosne-Romanée, Côte de Nuits, Burgundy
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What to expect

Quality varied from estate to estate, so the name on the label matters more than usual.

26 of the 29 years we cover for this wine were rated higher.

A glass of red wine on a mossy stone wall beside an autumn vineyard, with a church spire in the mist
The year
Mixed
Last sold at auction for
≈$4,685a bottle · Christie's, Oct 2025
How hard to find
Rare22 years old

Other vintages of this wine

One square for each year. The darker the square, the better the weather was for the grapes. Tap a year to read about it.

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ExceptionalExcellentVery goodGoodMixedDifficult

What bottles sell for

At auction, standard bottles of this vintage have sold for between ≈$4,134 and ≈$6,063 each, across 10 sales since December 2021.

Every sale on record27 lots, each linked to the auction house
$3,500$4,000$4,500$5,000$5,500$6,0002022202320242025GBP per 75 cl bottle · 2021-12-03 · $5,402GBP per 75 cl bottle · 2022-04-27 · $6,063GBP per 75 cl bottle · 2023-10-23 · $4,630GBP per 75 cl bottle · 2023-11-30 · $4,134GBP per 75 cl bottle · 2024-04-17 · $4,299GBP per 75 cl bottle · 2024-04-17 · $4,961GBP per 75 cl bottle · 2024-06-19 · $4,134GBP per 75 cl bottle · 2025-04-28 · $4,410GBP per 75 cl bottle · 2025-06-18 · $4,134GBP per 75 cl bottle · 2025-10-20 · $4,685USD per bottle: lot price ÷ bottles in the lotSale date10 lots of 75 cl bottles sold in USD at Christie's · prices as published by each house · ≈ converted to USD at the 9 Oct 2026 rate
Sale dateHouse and saleFormatLot pricePer bottle
Jul 2026Christie'sFine & Rare Wines: Featuring The Reserve Cellar and 50th Anniversary Wines Direct From Stag's Leap Wine Cellars (sale 24555) · Los Angeles · lot 12171 × 75 cl$6,000$6,000
Mar 2026Christie'sFine and Rare Wines & Spirits Online: Hong Kong Edition (sale 24459) · Hong Kong · lot 711 × 75 cl≈$5,575≈$5,575
Oct 2025Christie'sAn Impeccable Private Collection Purchased on Release (sale 23894) · London · lot 63 × 75 cl≈$14,056≈$4,685
Jun 2025Christie'sFine & Rare Wines & Spirits Online: London Edition (sale 23893) · London · lot 1302 × 75 cl≈$8,268≈$4,134
Apr 2025Christie'sFine and Rare Wines Online: London Edition (sale 23891) · London · lot 1379 × 75 cl≈$39,687≈$4,410
Jun 2024Christie'sFine and Rare Wines Online: Featuring Historical Vintage Port from the Cellars of Raby Castle (sale 23061) · London · lot 1743 × 75 cl≈$12,402≈$4,134
Apr 2024Christie'sFine and Rare Wines Online: Featuring a Superlative Collection of Grand Cru Burgundy (sale 23030) · London · lot 1291 × 75 cl≈$4,299≈$4,299
Apr 2024Christie'sFine and Rare Wines Online: Featuring a Superlative Collection of Grand Cru Burgundy (sale 23030) · London · lot 394 × 75 cl≈$19,844≈$4,961
Jan 2024Christie'sA Pristine Contemporary Cellar: Online (sale 22660) · Hong Kong · lot 1951 × 150 cl≈$8,761≈$8,761
Dec 2023Christie'sFine and Rare Wines & Spirits Online: London Edition (sale 23055) · London · lot 1041 × 150 cl≈$8,268≈$8,268
Dec 2023Christie'sFine and Rare Wines & Spirits Online: Featuring Rarities from the Cellar of a British Writer (sale 23317) · Hong Kong · lot 102 × 75 cl≈$8,761≈$4,380
Nov 2023Christie'sFinest and Rarest Wines & Spirits, Featuring Champagne Lanson and 40th Jubilee Wines Direct from the Cellars of Domaine de Chevalier (sale 21941) · London · lot 5382 × 75 cl≈$8,268≈$4,134
Oct 2023Christie'sFine and Rare Wines Online: Featuring Two Superlative Collections (sale 22105) · Los Angeles · lot 1821 × 75 cl$4,000$4,000
Oct 2023Christie'sFine and Rare Wines Online: Featuring Two Superlative Collections (sale 22105) · Los Angeles · lot 1811 × 75 cl$4,000$4,000
Oct 2023Christie'sFine and Rare Wines & Spirits Online: London Edition (sale 21939) · London · lot 391 × 75 cl≈$4,630≈$4,630
Sep 2023Christie'sFine and Rare Wines Online: Featuring a Superb Collection from the Pacific Northwest (sale 22074) · Los Angeles · lot 3445 × 75 cl$23,750$4,750
Jun 2023Christie'sA Dazzling DRC Collection from a French Private Cellar: Online (sale 22114) · Hong Kong · lot 3012 × 75 cl≈$60,528≈$5,044
Jun 2022Christie'sFine and Rare Wines Online: Featuring the Exceptional Collection of Danny and Donna Arnold (sale 20968) · Los Angeles · lot 2831 × 75 cl$5,000$5,000
Jun 2022Christie'sTHE VISIONARY'S SPECTACULAR CELLAR PART II: Online (sale 21208) · Hong Kong · lot 2693 × 75 cl≈$15,928≈$5,309
May 2022Christie'sThe Ultimate Private Collection Featuring The Greatest Burgundies Part II (sale 21086) · Hong Kong · lot 62301 × 150 cl≈$12,743≈$12,743
May 2022Christie'sThe Ultimate Private Collection Featuring The Greatest Burgundies Part II (sale 21086) · Hong Kong · lot 62293 × 75 cl≈$17,521≈$5,840
May 2022Christie'sTHE VISIONARY'S SPECTACULAR CELLAR (sale 21212) · Hong Kong · lot 53936 × 75 cl≈$30,264≈$5,044
Apr 2022Christie'sFinest and Rarest Wines (sale 21093) · London · lot 2016 × 75 cl≈$36,380≈$6,063
Dec 2021Christie'sFinest and Rarest Wines & Spirits: Featuring Historic Vintages from Perrier-Jouët, Legendary Whisky from Le Clos and an Evening Sale of Treasures from a Rediscovered Chalk Cellar (sale 20064) · London · lot 843 × 75 cl≈$16,206≈$5,402
Nov 2021Christie'sFine and Rare Wines and Spirits (sale 20042) · Geneva · lot 4491 × 75 cl≈$5,603≈$5,603
Nov 2021Christie'sFine and Rare Wines and Spirits (sale 20042) · Geneva · lot 4481 × 150 cl≈$17,694≈$17,694
May 2021Christie'sThe Ultimate Private Collection Featuring The Greatest Burgundies (sale 19856) · Hong Kong · lot 51293 × 150 cl≈$35,043≈$11,681
 Prices are in the currency of each sale. Christie’s and Sotheby’s include the buyer’s fee; Hart Davis Hart shows the price before it.

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What does this wine cost to make?Our estimate: $48–$283 a bottle

We estimate it costs about $48 to $283 to make one bottle of a wine like this. The price in the shop is far higher because the land is scarce, the name is famous, and many hands take a share on the way to you.

Low estimateImputed land cost: $27.58Vineyard operations: $4.87Oak barrels: $0.54Winemaking labour and cellar work: $3.00Cellar aging: $0.96Bottle, closure, label, case and bottling: $4.40Winery overhead: $4.00Financing over the aging period: $2.18$48 per bottleHigh estimateImputed land cost: $207.45Vineyard operations: $14.04Oak barrels: $1.72Winemaking labour and cellar work: $6.00Cellar aging: $2.72Bottle, closure, label, case and bottling: $11.40Winery overhead: $10.00Financing over the aging period: $30.15$283 per bottleImputed land costVineyard operationsOak barrelsWinemaking labour and cellar workCellar agingBottle, closure, label, case and bottlingWinery overheadFinancing over the aging periodUS$ per 75 cl bottle at the winery, before any margin, tax or transport · Corkonomics cost model

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