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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
This is a new format on the blog ... articles where the location of the terroir of one wine is uncovered in depth and detail. First out is the Jayer-Gilles Echezeaux du Dessus, one of the relatively few single climate and single plot Echezeaux's on the market. …
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The Echezeaux 2013 from Pacalet is a impressively intense effort - the grand cru terroirs really suits this powerfully stuctured vintage. The bouquet is offering intense red and dark fruit ... Vosne spices... tight and serious with a powerful underlying minerality. On the palate tightly knit and …
The Echezeaux 2012 from Pacalet is a gorgeous effort. The nose is bursting with fruit ... red juicy fruit with a quite intense mineralty and spiced with violets, all spice and cinnamon. On the palate even more weighty than expected with a very fine midpalate concentration. The fruit is vibrant with …
The Echezeaux 2011 from Mugneret-Gibourg is a lovely but quite tightly knit effort. In the nose red and dark cherries, hints of elderberries and a nice view of terroir. On the palate focused and tightly knit ... fruit is slightly closed already ... showing the classic MG cherry notes. Its a lovely …
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The 2012 Echezeaux from Mugneret-Gibourg is a beauty. In the nose forward, pure and relatively dark pinot fruit with delicate berry aromas - notes of cinnamon and elderberries - very nicely focused. On the palate rich and pure with a very fine midpalate weigth. Its long an transparent with a lovely …
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