2015 Echezeaux En Orveaux
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Good medium red. Slightly reduced aromas of strawberry, redcurrant, licorice, spices, minerals, dried flowers and underbrush. A bit reduced and medicinal but already displays a noble texture, captivating subtle sweetness and lovely length, finishing with a firm but fine dusting of tannins. This fruit was destemmed entirely but the wine has plenty of ripe tannic clout to ensure a slow evolution in bottle. This suave, fine-grained wine already conveys strong soil character here but needs time in bottle. Incidentally, my sample lost its reductive character with 24 hours in the recorked bottle, showing higher-pitched spice and floral notes and more sweetness and cut.
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Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
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(all destemmed; 55% new oak; Faiveley will add "en Orveaux" to the front label of this wine with the 2015 release; these vines next to La Combe d'Orveau and Petit Musigny face south but are situated on very poor soil in a cold combe ): Dark red. Highly complex, cooler aromas of strawberry rhubarb pie, minerals and spicy underbrush. Supple in texture but also boasts electric energy and terrific delineation. Dense and savory but not a fleshy style. Finishes with suave tannins and superb subtle persistence. This sexy if somewhat idiosyncratic wine will be most appreciated by those who crave energy and salinity in their Burgundies.
About the producer
Domaine Faiveley is one of Burgundy’s most important wine producers. The family-owned estate, now in the hands of the seventh generation, is one of the largest in the region, with significant holdings in both the Côte d’Or and the Côte Chalonnaise.