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Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, La Tâche Grand Cru 2010

2010 was an excellent year in Burgundy, just a step below the very best.

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 ripe, well-balanced wine with a long life ahead of it.

3 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
Excellent
Last sold at auction for
≈$6,371a bottle · Christie's, Mar 2026
How hard to find
Rare16 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 ≈$5,097 and ≈$8,495 each, across 11 sales since May 2021.

Every sale on record27 lots, each linked to the auction house
$4,000$5,000$6,000$7,000$8,000$9,00020222023202420252026HKD per 75 cl bottle · 2021-05-19 · $8,495HKD per 75 cl bottle · 2022-04-13 · $7,433HKD per 75 cl bottle · 2022-05-20 · $7,433HKD per 75 cl bottle · 2022-05-22 · $7,433HKD per 75 cl bottle · 2022-05-22 · $7,433HKD per 75 cl bottle · 2022-06-07 · $7,433HKD per 75 cl bottle · 2023-06-06 · $7,301HKD per 75 cl bottle · 2023-11-23 · $5,575HKD per 75 cl bottle · 2025-04-23 · $5,097HKD per 75 cl bottle · 2025-05-22 · $5,309HKD per 75 cl bottle · 2026-03-16 · $6,371USD per bottle: lot price ÷ bottles in the lotSale date11 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
May 2026Christie'sThe Remarkable Continental Cellar of the Célérier Family (sale 24812) · London · lot 133 × 75 cl≈$15,709≈$5,236
Apr 2026Christie'sFine and Rare Wines and Spirits, Featuring Property from the Cellars of King's College, Cambridge (sale 24533) · London · lot 1441 × 75 cl≈$6,614≈$6,614
Mar 2026Christie'sFine and Rare Wines & Spirits Online: Hong Kong Edition (sale 24459) · Hong Kong · lot 5662 × 75 cl≈$12,743≈$6,371
Feb 2026Christie'sFinest and Rarest Wines & Spirits Online New York: The Icons Collection (sale 24587) · New York · lot 231 × 75 cl$7,500$7,500
Feb 2026Christie'sFinest and Rarest Wines & Spirits Online New York: The Icons Collection (sale 24587) · New York · lot 221 × 75 cl$8,125$8,125
Jan 2026Christie'sFine and Rare Wines & Spirits Featuring a Library Collection of Screaming Eagle: New York Edition Online (sale 24219) · New York · lot 851 × 75 cl$5,625$5,625
May 2025Christie'sA Prodigious Private Cellar of Impeccable Provenance (sale 24173) · Hong Kong · lot 51653 × 75 cl≈$15,928≈$5,309
Apr 2025Christie'sFine and Rare Wines Online: Hong Kong Edition (sale 23907) · Hong Kong · lot 1571 × 75 cl≈$5,097≈$5,097
Feb 2025Christie'sFine and Rare Wines & Spirits Online: London Edition (sale 23932) · London · lot 1751 × 75 cl≈$4,961≈$4,961
Nov 2024Christie'sFinest and Rarest Wines Featuring Tignanello's 50th Anniversary Collection Direct from The Estate and a Superb European Collection (sale 22688) · London · lot 6941 × 75 cl≈$5,292≈$5,292
Jun 2024Christie'sFine and Rare Wines Online: Featuring Historical Vintage Port from the Cellars of Raby Castle (sale 23061) · London · lot 1793 × 75 cl≈$19,844≈$6,614
Jun 2024Christie'sFine and Rare Wines Online: Featuring Historical Vintage Port from the Cellars of Raby Castle (sale 23061) · London · lot 1042 × 75 cl≈$14,056≈$7,028
Apr 2024Christie'sFine and Rare Wines Online: Featuring Exceptional Madeira Collections (sale 23087) · Los Angeles · lot 1821 × 75 cl$5,250$5,250
Nov 2023Christie'sThe Dr A. Botenga Cellar: Six Decades of Collecting Part I (sale 22122) · Hong Kong · lot 55991 × 75 cl≈$5,575≈$5,575
Oct 2023Christie'sFine and Rare Wines Online: Featuring Two Superlative Collections (sale 22105) · Los Angeles · lot 1931 × 75 cl$5,250$5,250
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 1011 × 75 cl$5,625$5,625
Jun 2023Christie'sA Dazzling DRC Collection from a French Private Cellar: Online (sale 22114) · Hong Kong · lot 5512 × 75 cl≈$87,606≈$7,301
Sep 2022Christie'sDomaine de la Romanée-Conti, The Pride of Vosne-Romanée: An Exceptional Single Owner Collection (sale 21235) · Los Angeles · lot 261 × 150 cl$18,750$18,750
Sep 2022Christie'sDomaine de la Romanée-Conti, The Pride of Vosne-Romanée: An Exceptional Single Owner Collection (sale 21235) · Los Angeles · lot 253 × 75 cl$20,000$6,667
Jun 2022Christie'sTHE VISIONARY'S SPECTACULAR CELLAR PART II: Online (sale 21208) · Hong Kong · lot 2713 × 75 cl≈$22,300≈$7,433
May 2022Christie'sFine and Rare Wines & Spirits Online: The Geneva Edit (sale 20939) · Geneva · lot 462 × 75 cl≈$18,055≈$9,027
May 2022Christie'sThe Ultimate Private Collection Featuring The Greatest Burgundies Part II (sale 21086) · Hong Kong · lot 62456 × 75 cl≈$44,600≈$7,433
May 2022Christie'sThe Ultimate Private Collection Featuring The Greatest Burgundies Part II (sale 21086) · Hong Kong · lot 62446 × 75 cl≈$44,600≈$7,433
May 2022Christie'sTHE VISIONARY'S SPECTACULAR CELLAR (sale 21212) · Hong Kong · lot 53996 × 75 cl≈$44,600≈$7,433
Apr 2022Christie'sFinest and Rarest Wines (sale 21493) · Hong Kong · lot 4113 × 75 cl≈$22,300≈$7,433
Apr 2022Christie'sFinest and Rarest Wines (sale 21493) · Hong Kong · lot 4101 × 150 cl≈$17,521≈$17,521
May 2021Christie'sThe Ultimate Private Collection Featuring The Greatest Burgundies (sale 19856) · Hong Kong · lot 51386 × 75 cl≈$50,971≈$8,495
 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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