2019 Echezeaux
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(from a 1.32 ha holding in the climats of Les Rouges du Bas, Les Cruots and Clos St. Denis). Here too the aromatic profile is ripe but cool with its much spicier assortment of red raspberry, dark cherry, anise and floral nuances, all of which is trimmed in discreet wood. There is both excellent volume and punch to the rich though quite compact finale that, unusually for this wine, exhibits a touch of rusticity on the beautifully long and slightly warm finale. This is another wine in the Lamarche range that will need extended patience. (91-94)/2034+
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Neal Martin
Allen Meadows, Burghound
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The 2019 Echézeaux Grand Cru comes from parcels in Les Champs Traversins, Les Cruots and Clos Saint-Denis. It has a beautiful, quite ethereal bouquet of precise strawberry and morello cherry scents laced with crushed stone – just pure Pinoté . The palate is medium-bodied with satin-like tannins and fine acidity. This is not a deep or powerful Echézeaux, though it fans out with confidence on a black-pepper-tinged finish of modest length. This will drink well over the next 12–15 years.
About the producer
Today run by the fourth-generation Nicole Lamarche, this property (previously known as Domaine François Lamarche) is firmly among the best in Burgundy. The Vosne-Romanée estate is most famous for its monopole Grand Cru La Grande Rue.