The 1998 Echezeaux from Emmanuel Rouget is a lovely and very charming effort for the vintage. In the nose semimatured red fruit - complex - with hints of allspice, cinnamon and violets. On the palate quite intense and juicy red fruit with a fine midpalate density. It's perfectly balanced and …
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Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair, Echezeaux 2010
The Echezeaux 2010 from Liger-Belair is in my view a masterpiece. The nose is crammed with layers of pure red berry fruit - raspberries, red currant and pomegranate - spiced with violets, a hint of peony rose and a vivid underlying minerality. On the palate intense yet transparent with multible …
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Philippe Pacalet, Echezeaux 2012
The Echezeaux 2012 from Pacalet is another succes in this vintage. The bouquet offer lovely quite expressive organic red berry fruit - with lovely spicy notes of violets, white peppar and peony rose. On the palate layers of quite dense and focused red fruit - with a slightly darker expression than …
Domaine de la Romanee-Conti, Echezeaux 2002
The Echezeaux 2002 from Domaine de la Romanee Conti is a lovely effort. In the bouquet fine sweet red berry fruit - raspberries and cherries - spiced with hints of violets and peony rose. The palate show layers of juicy pinot fruit. It's well focused, with a lovely semi organic style in the finish. …
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Philippe Pacalet, Echezeaux 2011
The 2011 Pacalet Echezeaux is very forward and expressive. The bouquet is crammed with sweet organic red fruit - raspberries, pomegranate, strawberries with a hint of violets and horseradish. On the palate rich - almost opulent - sweet red fruit - balaced by surprisingly abundant tannins. It's …