Tasted blind at the Burgfest tasting in Beaune, the 2013 Echézeaux Grand Cru has an earthy, undergrowth-scented bouquet, bold and glossy with underlying bacon fat aromas. It opens up nicely in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with firm and dry tannin, rendering this a "serious" Echezeaux that needs to forage for more tension and animation. There is decent length here but it feels a little dry and animally on the finish. Tasted September 2016.

Ample spice and toast notes frame the black cherry and black currant flavors in this intense red. Ends on the spice box side, with firm tannins and excellent length. Best from 2018 through 2029. 10 cases imported.??–BS??Region: France / Burgundy / Echézeaux Select to Add