The Echezeaux 2011 from Grivot is another succes from his plot in the climate Les Cruots. The bouquet is open and ready to rock with a lovely stony minerality, crisp red berry fruit and some lovely spicy notes. On the palate lovely juicy fruit with a intense and quite muscular mineralic framework. …
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Jean Grivot, Vosne-Romanee Les Beaux Monts 2011
The Vosne Les Beaux Monts is one of my favorite wines from Grivot - and the 2011 version is yet again a delightful glass of Vosne. The bouquet is bursting with stony minerality, Vosne spices and red berry fruit. It's airy and quite filigree - lovely complexity. On the palate fine red fruit - very …
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Domaine Jean Grivot, Echezeaux 2009
The Echezeaux 2009 from Jean Grivot is a gorgeous wine. The bouquet is crammed with minerality, red fruit - cherries, raspberries - and spiced with peony rose, allspice and liquorice. On the palate rich and harmonious red fruit - focused by the beautiful minerality from the Cruots climate - and …
Jean Grivot, 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 …
The Echezeaux 2007 battle – a very close race!
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 …
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