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Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, La Tâche Grand Cru 2008

2008 was a very good year in Burgundy: reliable and well liked.

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

Expect a good, dependable wine, often ready a little sooner than the greatest years.

10 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
Very Good
Last sold at auction for
≈$5,177a bottle · Christie's, Jul 2026
How hard to find
Rare18 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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What bottles sell for

At auction, standard bottles of this vintage have sold for between ≈$4,460 and ≈$6,770 each, across 14 sales since March 2021.

Every sale on record32 lots, each linked to the auction house
$4,000$5,000$6,000$7,00020222023202420252026HKD per 75 cl bottle · 2021-03-26 · $4,460HKD per 75 cl bottle · 2021-03-26 · $4,779HKD per 75 cl bottle · 2021-05-19 · $5,840HKD per 75 cl bottle · 2022-04-13 · $6,371HKD per 75 cl bottle · 2022-05-22 · $5,309HKD per 75 cl bottle · 2022-05-22 · $5,840HKD per 75 cl bottle · 2022-11-24 · $4,779HKD per 75 cl bottle · 2023-03-23 · $6,053HKD per 75 cl bottle · 2023-06-06 · $6,770HKD per 75 cl bottle · 2023-11-23 · $5,575HKD per 75 cl bottle · 2023-11-27 · $5,177HKD per 75 cl bottle · 2025-05-22 · $4,513HKD per 75 cl bottle · 2026-04-23 · $5,309HKD per 75 cl bottle · 2026-07-20 · $5,177USD per bottle: lot price ÷ bottles in the lotSale date14 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'sThe Cellar of an Obsessive Collector Part III: Online (sale 24946) · Hong Kong · lot 1722 × 75 cl≈$10,353≈$5,177
May 2026Christie'sThe Remarkable Continental Cellar of the Célérier Family (sale 24812) · London · lot 111 × 75 cl≈$4,961≈$4,961
Apr 2026Christie'sFine and Rare Wines and Spirits, Featuring Property from the Cellars of King's College, Cambridge (sale 24533) · London · lot 1421 × 75 cl≈$5,292≈$5,292
Apr 2026Christie'sThe Cellar of an Obsessive Collector Part II: Online (sale 24715) · Hong Kong · lot 1636 × 75 cl≈$31,857≈$5,309
Feb 2026Christie'sFinest and Rarest Wines & Spirits Online New York: The Icons Collection (sale 24587) · New York · lot 201 × 75 cl$5,000$5,000
Jan 2026Christie'sFine and Rare Wines & Spirits Featuring a Library Collection of Screaming Eagle: New York Edition Online (sale 24219) · New York · lot 833 × 75 cl$13,750$4,583
Oct 2025Christie'sAn Impeccable Private Collection Purchased on Release (sale 23894) · London · lot 93 × 75 cl≈$14,883≈$4,961
May 2025Christie'sA Prodigious Private Cellar of Impeccable Provenance (sale 24173) · Hong Kong · lot 51623 × 75 cl≈$13,539≈$4,513
Jun 2024Christie'sFine and Rare Wines Online: Featuring Historical Vintage Port from the Cellars of Raby Castle (sale 23061) · London · lot 4641 × 75 cl≈$3,969≈$3,969
Jun 2024Christie'sFine and Rare Wines Online: Featuring Historical Vintage Port from the Cellars of Raby Castle (sale 23061) · London · lot 1783 × 75 cl≈$14,056≈$4,685
Nov 2023Christie'sFine and Rare Wines & Spirits Online: Festive Edition (sale 22117) · Hong Kong · lot 412 × 75 cl≈$10,353≈$5,177
Nov 2023Christie'sThe Dr A. Botenga Cellar: Six Decades of Collecting Part I (sale 22122) · Hong Kong · lot 55972 × 75 cl≈$11,150≈$5,575
Oct 2023Christie'sFine and Rare Wines Online: Featuring Two Superlative Collections (sale 22105) · Los Angeles · lot 1901 × 75 cl$4,000$4,000
Oct 2023Christie'sFine and Rare Wines Online: Featuring Two Superlative Collections (sale 22105) · Los Angeles · lot 1891 × 75 cl$4,000$4,000
Oct 2023Christie'sFine and Rare Wines Online: Featuring Two Superlative Collections (sale 22105) · Los Angeles · lot 1881 × 75 cl$4,000$4,000
Jun 2023Christie'sFine and Rare Wines Online: Featuring the Time Capsule Collection of Undisturbed Legends of the Côte d'Or (sale 22064) · Los Angeles · lot 992 × 75 cl$9,375$4,688
Jun 2023Christie'sA Dazzling DRC Collection from a French Private Cellar: Online (sale 22114) · Hong Kong · lot 472 × 75 cl≈$13,539≈$6,770
Mar 2023Christie'sGrands Crus Part III: Finest and Rarest Wines from the Cellar of Christen Sveaas (sale 22118) · Hong Kong · lot 2111 × 75 cl≈$6,053≈$6,053
Nov 2022Christie'sFinest and Rarest Wines & Spirits (sale 21214) · Hong Kong · lot 63832 × 75 cl≈$9,557≈$4,779
Sep 2022Christie'sDomaine de la Romanée-Conti, The Pride of Vosne-Romanée: An Exceptional Single Owner Collection (sale 21235) · Los Angeles · lot 226 × 75 cl$37,500$6,250
Sep 2022Christie'sDomaine de la Romanée-Conti, The Pride of Vosne-Romanée: An Exceptional Single Owner Collection (sale 21235) · Los Angeles · lot 213 × 75 cl$17,500$5,833
Sep 2022Christie'sDomaine de la Romanée-Conti, The Pride of Vosne-Romanée: An Exceptional Single Owner Collection (sale 21235) · Los Angeles · lot 203 × 75 cl$18,750$6,250
Sep 2022Christie'sDomaine de la Romanée-Conti, The Pride of Vosne-Romanée: An Exceptional Single Owner Collection (sale 21235) · Los Angeles · lot 191 × 75 cl$5,625$5,625
May 2022Christie'sThe Ultimate Private Collection Featuring The Greatest Burgundies Part II (sale 21086) · Hong Kong · lot 62406 × 75 cl≈$31,857≈$5,309
May 2022Christie'sThe Ultimate Private Collection Featuring The Greatest Burgundies Part II (sale 21086) · Hong Kong · lot 62396 × 75 cl≈$35,043≈$5,840
Apr 2022Christie'sFinest and Rarest Wines (sale 21493) · Hong Kong · lot 4084 × 75 cl≈$25,485≈$6,371
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 3632 × 75 cl≈$11,344≈$5,672
Nov 2021Christie'sFine and Rare Wines and Spirits (sale 20042) · Geneva · lot 4531 × 75 cl≈$6,193≈$6,193
May 2021Christie'sThe Ultimate Private Collection Featuring The Greatest Burgundies (sale 19856) · Hong Kong · lot 51361 × 150 cl≈$15,928≈$15,928
May 2021Christie'sThe Ultimate Private Collection Featuring The Greatest Burgundies (sale 19856) · Hong Kong · lot 51353 × 75 cl≈$17,521≈$5,840
Mar 2021Christie'sFinest and Rarest Wines and Spirits Featuring A Superlative Private Collection (sale 19854) · Hong Kong · lot 1983 × 75 cl≈$14,336≈$4,779
Mar 2021Christie'sFinest and Rarest Wines and Spirits Featuring A Superlative Private Collection (sale 19854) · Hong Kong · lot 1971 × 75 cl≈$4,460≈$4,460
 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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