2017 Echezeaux
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Tasting notes
Oldest vines so 20 to 30% whole bunch. Tank sample. Good fruit concentration with a little bit of oak in evidence. A little drying on the end. Needs quite a bit of time. (JR)
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Jancis Robinson MW
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The 2017 Echézeaux Grand Cru comes from vines over 90 years old and is matured entirely in new oak. It has a very pure, seductive bouquet of black cherry and raspberry fruit infused with pressed iris and hints of India ink. The palate is medium-bodied with sappy red fruit and gentle grip, stiffening a little toward the finish, which just needs a little more flesh to come through. Afford this five years in bottle if possible, because it shows fine balance.
Moderate wood surrounds the spicy nose that is comprised by notes of Asian-style tea, plum and violet. The succulent and velvet-textured medium-bodied flavors possess mouth coating sap yet the finish the very firm finish is a bit drying and woody. Like the Arvelets, this may well harmonize in time but that's not a guarantee.
About the producer
Descended from the Gros family of Vosne-Romanée, Anne-Françoise Gros established her own domaine in 1988. Today her children, Caroline and Mathias Parent, run the estate, which has some impressive holdings, focused in and around Vosne-Romanée.