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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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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 …
[Read more...] about Domaine Georges Noëllat, Echezeaux 2014
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. …
The 1993 Echezeaux from DRC is now entering a matured stage. The nose offer fine red and dark berry fruit - good minerality and a lovely spicyness - a bit dusty and herbal. On the palate fine concentration and length ... a fine to very fine effort .. not the most defined or refined Echezeaux tasted …
[Read more...] about Domaine de la Romanee-Conti, Echezeaux 1993
Domaine Georges Noëllat has within a few years moved from the dark and unknown to a rising bright star on the Burgundy heaven. Maxime Cheurlin is in my view an unique talent ... a natural .. with an intuitive ability for making great Burgundies. Within a few years he has managed to improve quality …
[Read more...] about Visit – Domaine Georges Noëllat tasting of the 2014s from Cask
