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The Grads Echezeaux 2011 from Sirugue is a lovely wine. The bouquet is offering crisp red and dark berry fruit, hints of Vosne spices, liquorice and toasted oak. On the palate rich and quite opulent fruit - a voluminous and openly knit wine - very typical for the terroir. The oak is well integrated …
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The Grands Echezeaux 2011 from Gros Frere et Soeur is a quite attractive wine in the making. The bouquet offer aromas of dark berries, cherries, liquorice and a lovely Vosne spicyness. On the palate quite rich and lush fruit with a good energy. It offer good complexity and is well focused with the …
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The DRC Grands Echezeaux 2009 is a beautiful and very balanced effort. In the bouquet darker and richer than the Echezeaux, with notes of black cherries, raspberries, gooseberries, strawberries, perfumed with a slight mocca and liquorice. On the palate bigger, more lush than the Echezeaux, the fruit …
[Read more...] about Domaine de la Romanee-Conti, Grands Echezeaux 2009
The 2002 Grands Echezeaux from Millot was a true pleasure. The nose was quite open and developed, with raspberries, strawberries, cherries and a fine mineral note. On the palate also red fruits, quite developed with soft matured fruit. A very good balance and first and foremost a very charming wine. …
[Read more...] about Jean-Marc Millot, Grands Echezeaux 2002
The 2002 Echezeaux offers a very nice bouquet of red fruits and minerality. Both the palate and the nose has quite a organic style, a very enjoyalble and charming wine. The fruit is typical 2002 - very intense with very sophisticated ripe tannins - the quality I admire in this vintage. Very good …
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