2000 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Grands-Echézeaux Grand Cru
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Allen Meadows, Burghound
Neal Martin
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The Grands Echézeaux 2000 is a cerebral Burgundy, not quite as convincing as it was three years ago, but still a great wine. Here it has a vibrant red berry, stony bouquet that is reserved at first, but opens nicely with limestone and sea-spray scents emerging with time. It has a quite brilliant balance on the palate–not a powerful Grands Echézeaux but complex, with hints of black olive and chlorophyll emerging toward the finish that gently fans out and becomes a little spicier as it aerates. Superb.
Bright cherry red with a hint of brick at the wide, pale rim. Relatively simple fruit flavours after the 2001. Hint of cherry with some sweet candied violets. Sweet and light and flirtatious with a kick of acidity. Sprightly and zesty. Again, that fan of flavours on the finish – cherries and mulberries. Very very long. Bright fruit – much more forthcoming than the 2001. Seems at first a little simple but opens up in the glass to be thoroughly convincing. (JR)
About the producer
Domaine de la Romanée-Conti or simply “DRC” is without doubt the most famous domaine in Burgundy and one of the most famous producers on earth. The Grand Cru vineyard from which it takes its name produces the world’s most expensive wine by a long margin.