2017 Domaine d'Eugénie Echézeaux Grand Cru
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The 2017 Echézeaux Grand Cru is 60% whole clusters, matured in 75% new oak. It has a refined bouquet with blueberry and blackberry fruit, tangible mineralité and great tension and poise. The palate is very well balanced, the oak neatly integrated. I like the acidity, the focus and the satin-like texture. It might lack just a little personality, but it is very well defined on the finish, displaying satisfying if not exceptional persistence. It will require five or six years in bottle but should turn out very fine.
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Julia Harding MW, jancisrobinson.com
Jancis Robinson MW
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From vines located in the lieu-dit En Orveaux, the 2017 Echézeaux Grand Cru reveals aromas of ripe cherries, cassis, black truffle, rich soil tones and toasty new wood. On the palate, it's full-bodied, ample and fleshy, with ripe acids and some chewy back-end tannin. As was the case under the Engel family, it's the least exciting of the domaine's grands crus—which is surely at least in part a function of the parcel's location.
Combe d’Orveau. Seven new barrels out of nine. Barrel sample. Deep cherry red. Less open than the Brûlées and a hint of smoky reduction adding complexity at this point, very slight and attractive. Under that there’s pure, sweet red and black cherry and that fresh stemmy (not woody) character. Tannins are a little more chewy than in the Brûlées but supple considering its youth and for the cold sample. Scented on the palate where it is more closed than on the nose, which is all dark beauty. Very supple for such a young Échezeaux. Could give you pleasure now! (JH)