Tasting Notes
Vinous 96
The 2019 Grands Echezeaux Grand Cru is absolutely stunning. It is also the first wine in this tasting that feels less marked by the vintage, where there is a good deal of freshness to play off all the natural richness of the vintage. There is plenty of power and volume, and yet all the elements are so well-balanced. Blood orange, menthol, coffee and layers of red/purplish-toned fruit all meld together seamlessly. In richer years the Grands Echezeaux is often one of my favorite wines in the range, as is the case once again with the 2019. Of course, all of the Domaine de la Romanee-Conti wines are frightfully expensive today, but if there is one hidden gem in the range in 2019, it is without question the Grands Echezeaux. It s the wine I would personally go after most given its quality, personality and relatively – and I do mean relatively – modest price next to the other wines here.
Anticipated maturity: 2029-2025
JancisRobinson.com 18+
Yield of 28 hl/ha from 30-year-old vines picked 15 and 16 September. 884 cases produced. Much more communicative and nuanced than the Echezeaux on the nose. High-toned with a suggestion of ripe elderberries. Beautifully textured with crisp crunchy fruit distracting from an impressive charge of tannins. Real crunch on the end. But before then there is Vosne energy and impressive length. Lovely balance and intrigue. Peacock s tail of unfurling ripe treasures on the end. A real success and relatively accessible.
Anticipated maturity: 2026-2043
Robert Parker 96
The 2019 Grands A chezeaux Grand Cru is more reserved than the A chezeaux, even if it’s far from forbidding. Mingling aromas of blackberries and raspberries with notions of exotic spices, orange rind, smoked duck and forest floor, it’s full-bodied, rich and concentrated, with broad structural shoulders supplied by ripe, powdery tannins. Layered and muscular, it’s remarkably seamless and integrated at this early stage, concluding with a long, sapid finish.
Anticipated maturity: 2029-2065
