2017 Domaine du Clos Frantin Bichot Echézeaux Grand Cru
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The 2017 Echézeaux Grand Cru has a fresh, delineated bouquet of kirsch, red currants, blood orange and even a soupçon of marmalade. The palate is tart and fleshy on the entry and quite piquant in style, offering peppery red berry fruit toward the finish, which shows commendable substance and freshness. A little showy, but in the positive sense of the word. Tasted blind at the Burgfest 2017 tasting.
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Richard Hemming MW, jancisrobinson.com
Neal Martin
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A deep and really complex Echezeaux with a ton of forest berries, very polished tannins and wonderful sweetness that grows at the back of the palate. Very long and complex finish with a lot of herbal and mineral complexity. Very long finish. This will be delicious from release, but has a great future ahead of it.
The 2017 Echézeaux Grand Cru has tight bouquet at first, a mixture of red and black fruit joined by hints of seaweed and mudflats that emerge with time. The palate is medium-bodied with sappy red fruit and a fine bead of acidity. Quite linear in style and perhaps lacking a little weight on the finish. There is a pleasant saline aftertaste, but it needs more presence and authority.
About the producer
Although the Bichot family settled in the region in 1350, Albert Bichot was founded in 1831 by Bernard Bichot. Today the producer is one of Burgundy’s most respected, making wines from both its own vineyards and with purchased fruit.