The 2002 Echezeaux from Emmanuel Rouget is still showing great and quite youthful form. The bouquet is bursting with red fruits and Vosne spices ... expressive and forward. On the palate layers of cool ripe fruit - silky, juicy and well structured. It's rich and long but still quite lightfooted and …
Echezeaux
Domaine Dujac, Echezeaux 2013
Its hard to be the Echezeaux coming directly after the mighty Malconsort. The Echezeaux is made from plots located in the climate Les Champs Traversin - a climate in the top part of Echezeaux - thus a lighter more floral wine than the Malconsort. The nose is offering pure and ripe red and dark fruit …
Domaine Georges Noëllat, Echezeaux 2013
Moving just down slope to Les Cruots we find the terroir of the Echezeaux. In the nose more floral and expressive (20% whole cluster) with layers of airy fruit and a quite intense minerality. On the palate more red fruit .. layered, very juicy and energetic. The acidity and the minerality offer a …
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Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair, Echezeaux 2013
The Echezeaux is one of the highlights in the 2013 Liger-Belair lineup - made from old vines in the climates Cruots, Champs Traversin and a small plot in Clos St. Denis. In the bouquet layers of juicy and quite vibrant red and dark fruits - notes of boysenberries, pomegranate - energized by a …
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Emmanuel Rouget, Echezeaux 2004
The 2004 Echezeaux is a slightly disappointing effort from Rouget ... but expectations are high when a Rouget wine is in the glass. In the bouquet weighty red and dark berry fruit, hints of sous-bois - not very focused or transparent. On the palate quite densely flavored with a relatively dark …