2013 Grands Echezeaux
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Tasted blind at the Burgfest tasting in Beaune, the 2013 Grands Echezeaux Grand Cru has a licorice-like scent on the nose, sweet black cherries and red plum once you get through the reduction. The palate is medium-bodied with chewy, fine tannin, well balanced with black pepper sprinkled over the extracted dark fruit on the finish. It might lack the sophistication of the best wines from this vineyard, but it certainly delivers the focus and delineation you expect. Tasted September 2016. Nov 2016, www.robertparker.com
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Neal Martin
About the producer
Based in Nuits-Saint-Georges, Domaine du Clos Frantin is Albert Bichot’s top estate. The domaine has an exceptional range of Grand Cru and Premier Cru sites in the Côte de Nuits and has for several years been producing top drawer-Burgundy.