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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The Echezeaux 2007 is a beautiful almost decadent wine. In the bouquet red and dark berry fruit wit a some lovely perfumed spices - liquorice, violets and peony rose. On the palate rich pinot fruit, almost silky tannins balanced by a fine mineralic backbone. Love the balance between power and …
[Read more...] about Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair, Echezeaux 2007
The Echezeaux 2007 from Jean Grivot is a truly mineralic expression of the Echezeaux terroir. The bouquet is offering primary red berry fruit - spiced with slightly toasted oak notes and a superb minerality. On the palate fine concentration for the vintage .... quite muscular with a firm mineralic …
One rarely have the chance to compare four of the very best wines from the Echezeaux vineyard. This was however the case earlier this week, where the Echezeaux 2007s from Grivot, Rouget, Liger-Belair and Domaine de la Romanee-Conti were served in one flght at a Burgundy tasting. These four …
[Read more...] about The Echezeaux 2007 battle – a very close race!
The Echezeaux 2007 from Domaine de la Romanee-Conti is a lovely ballerina. The bouquet starts out as quite expressive with red berry fruit - quite perfumed notes of strawberries and raspberries - combined with some hints of mint/fennel and a earthy minerality. On the palate quite lightfooted with …
[Read more...] about Domaine de la Romanee-Conti, Echezeaux 2007
The Echezeaux is quite expressive and showing quite fine minerality. Made from the two climates Les Treux and Clos Saint Denis in the lower part of the Echezeaux vineyard. In the bouquet lovely red fruit, rose petals and violets ... open with a good complexity. On the palate lovely pure red and …
