2015 Grands Echezeaux
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Tasting notes
The 2015 Grands Echezeaux Grand Cru is matured entirely in new oak and unlike the Echezeaux, it was completely de-stemmed. It has a precise bouquet with expressive red berry fruit, cranberry, wild strawberry and pomegranate, though these are complemented by dark, blacker fruit with time in the glass. There is very good terroir expression here with undergrowth and damp moss-like aromas developing in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with sappy red berry fruit and a pinch of sea salt that gets the saliva flowing. There is exquisite balance here, very fine tannins and much more sophistication towards the finish compared to the Echezeaux. It is a brilliant, intellectual wine from Maxime Chuerling, but it will require 5-7 years in the cellar before it reaches full flight. Dec 2016, www.robertparker.com
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Neal Martin
Allen Meadows, Burghound
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(from a .40 ha parcel). Reduction and wood dominate the nose today. Otherwise there is a caressing yet powerful palate feel to the succulent medium-bodied flavors that display a lovely inner mouth perfume on the complex, firm and strikingly persistent finish. This is classy juice that, like the Ech, should be approachable young yet reward extended cellaring. Dec 2016, www.burghound.com
About the producer
Domaine Georges Noëllat, based in the village of Vosne-Romanée is today run by Maxime Cheurlin. Cheurlin took over the domaine in 2010 – aged just 20 – and has since transformed its reputation as one of the finest Burgundy wine producers.