2016 Domaine Mugneret-Gibourg Echézeaux Grand Cru
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There are only some 1,200 cases of the sisters' stunning 2016 Echezeaux Grand Cru, a brilliant wine that jumps from the glass with aromas of dark wild berries, baking chocolate, caramelized citrus rind and exotic spices. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, ample and expansive, with a broad, fleshy attack; a deep, concentrated core balanced by succulent acids; and extraordinary length and purity. It's an Echezeaux outside of the ordinary.
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Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
William Kelley, Wine Advocate
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(from the estate's two parcels in Les Rouges du Bas and Les Quartiers de Nuits, both of them frosted in 2016; just 17 hectoliters per hectare produced): Deep ruby-red. Very ripe aromas of black cherry, dark chocolate, licorice and flowers, plus a note of black pepper. Offers incredible concentration to its flavors of blackberry syrup and savory minerality, conveying an almost liqueur-like ripeness for a dry wine. Painfully intense in the early going but the big tannins are buffered by the wine's impression of extract. This wine will need extended cellaring to absorb its penetrating saline minerality. I can understand why Marie-Christine Mugneret presented this wine last.