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The 2018 Echézeaux Grand Cru has a precocious, exuberant nose with vibrant red fruit intermixed with orange pith, potpourri and dried herbs - complex and very well delineated. The oak is seamlessly integrated both here and on the palate. It is finely sculpted, fresh and almost minty in character for a period, before the finish delivers quite intense blood orange infused red fruit on the finish. Real pedigree here. Tasted blind at the Burgfest 2018 red tasting.
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Julia Harding MW, jancisrobinson.com
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The 2018 Echézeaux Grand Cru has a gorgeous bouquet of ample black cherry, boysenberry, crushed stone and crushed violets aromas that spring from the glass. The plush, sensual palate is full of energy, with a creamy-textured opening and veins of blueberry and cassis toward the finish. Sleek and seductive. This may well turn out to be a long-term Echézeaux.
Liger-Belair's 2018 Echézeaux Grand Cru is another dramatic wine, bursting with aromas of ripe cherries, cassis, bunting members and dark chocolate that are framed by a generous application of new oak. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, velvety and textural, with an expansive attack, fine depth at the core and an ample chassis of fine structuring tannins. In this ripe vintage, the Echézeaux also displays impressive energy, and it will be well worth seeking out.
About the producer
Since its rebirth in 2000, Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair has quickly become one of the most highly sought-after producers in Vosne-Romanée. The most prized wine from the estate is their monopole Grand Cru La Romanée.