The 1976 La Tache Grand Cru is a vintage that I have only encountered once before. This bottle replicated the first. It has a lovely, quite spicy bouquet with scents of warm bricks and peat, fine delineation although not as much fruit as say, the 1978 that I had tasted a few weeks previously (yeah...lucky sod). The palate is medium-bodied, smooth and sensual in texture with a fine bead of acidity. Granted, it is not a complex La Tache and the growing season bestowed a gaminess that comes through a little more obviously than the previous bottle. Yet for the vintage this has lasted very well and though it will not improve, it should hold in there for another 6-8 years before gently fading. Tasted November 2016.