The Echezeaux 2014 from Bouchard Pere et Fils is an focused and slightly understated wine. The nose offer cool red fruit brought forward by a nice filigree minerality and a lovely collection of Vosne spices. On the palate precise and detailed with a fine core of fruit on the midpalate .. its long …
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Philippe Pacalet, Echezeaux 2010
The Echezeaux 2010 from Philippe Pacalet is a masterpiece and perhaps the best wine from Philippe so far. The nose is a firework of red fruits - raspberries, red currant and boysenberries spiced with rose petal, cinnamon and violets. On the palate airy with tremendous length and balance. The color …
Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair, Echezeaux 2014
The Echezeaux is one of my favorites of the Liger-Belair lineup - made from old vines in the climates Cruots, Champs Traversin and a small plot in Clos St. Denis. The 2014 edition of the Echezeaux is slightly backward at this stage - with a slight reduction on the nose. The bouquet is nevertheless …
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Domaine Georges Noëllat, Echezeaux 2014
Moving just down slope to Les Cruots we find the terroir of the Georges Noëllat Echezeaux. The nose offers a very floral expression of fruit and minerality - notes of raspberries, pomegranate and boysenberries - layered and complex with an intense filigree minerality. On the palate more tight and …
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Domaine Jayer-Gilles, Echezeaux 1999
The 99 Echezeaux from Jayer-Gilles is a big quite opulent wine ... openly knit and showing the goods. The nose is open and vinous, red berries, a wide range of Vosne spices ... classic Flagey-Echezeaux. On the palate rich and generous ... almost Grands-Echezeux scaled ... quite opulent and forward. …