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Classic DRC green stem and rose nose. Beautifully balanced cool Pinot fruit and a hint of underbrush on the medium to long finish of concentrated morelo cherry. Not powerful just Zen-like in its balanced palate of red cherry, pomegranate, and black tea. This does not have as much of the roasted Asian spice box notes I have gotten with La Tache and Richebourg nor the chocolate notes with Grand Echezeaux but is superb in its own approachable way. 97 palate 95 nose 96 overall. (335 views)

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Immediately immensely pleasurable. Quite dark coloured visually. Wafting of roses and dark chocolate, it's a little fruit bomb in the mid palate and while it couldn't keep up in complexity with the other 08s (GE, RSV and Tache) it had that immediate pleasure going for it while you just noted that the other will repay years in bottle more. If you have this there is no crime to enjoy it today and in fact I would probably drink it now-2035. (439 views)

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So expressive right now! (776 views)

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Magnificent opening, the nose with dark and rich fruit, the attack has vibrancy and loads of fruit but the acidity stays in check. Marvelous transparency and breed. With some time in the glass it shuts down, and one sees some fraying at the edges. Still a pleasing wine. (756 views)

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Starts out spritzy (et tu, DRC?) and we weren't equipped to do the Mollydooker shake at the restaurant so just gave it a lot of aggressive swirling to chase out the gas. Maybe 15 minutes later it's in the zone. Terrifically dense fruit especially for the vintage where many others are losing freshness but this still has loads of richness, grip, and gloss in its dark blue fruit tones. Serious gravitas here. The muscular tannins and the stemmy spine keep everything packed in quite densely; you can feel an immense amount of torque. It still needs a good amount of time before it pops but that didn't stop the flavors and aromas from getting nice and expressive with some airtime, the green stem segueing to Vosne cinnamon and spice. (3208 views)

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An intoxicating aroma of floral spice, Hoisin and soy. The palate is mid-weight, red fruited and cut by minerally acidity. It is silky of texture, immaculately balanced and fans out on the finish. It is persistent and in a beautiful place right now. (1983 views)

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Purchased at a restaurant; this was absolutely stellar; the nose was a bit stemmy initially, but that blew off quickly to show very ripe dark and red berry fruits, loads of spices, a hint of pepper from stems, floral notes; the intensity on the nose was impressive; very little if any sign of secondary notes; the palate was pure harmony, rich fruit and a melange of spices with a lovely weightless feel despite the concentration of the flavor; definitely best 08 I've had and best Echezeaux. This was drunk alongside a Dujac Clos St Denis 2016 which was excellent, but this was simply on another level in comparison. (2150 views)

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Drinking quite well currently. Has gained meaningful complexity in the last two years. (2211 views)

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There is some stem inclusion. Certainly its amazing. (2023 views)

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An explosive nose of potpourri, red currant, perfume, vosne spice and flowers. Palate is alluring and layered with mesmerizing red fruit sweetness. The 08 Echezeaux is absolutely and consistently gorgeous. (2159 views)

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Super expressive spicy aromatics. Shows '08 vintage character with it's mid-weight, elegant palate. Love the nose here and it's similarly expressive vs. a recent bottle of '08 La Tache, but the La Tache clearly benefits on the palate from it's natural power in the leaner vintage. (1558 views)

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Quite pretty, if not necessarily complex. Light spice and floral notes here contrast with the approachable red fruit. A good showing for the '08. 92-93 (1405 views)

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Big perfumed nose of spice, red and blue fruit. Cool, pure and refined palate. Everything you want from a DRC Ech. Love it. (1558 views)

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Another great bottle of 08 drc. Spice, stems, flowers, red fruit and dark fruir on the nose and palate. It has the reference point DRC structure and niance. It keeps evolving in the glass. Very good as always. Love 08 DRC. (1758 views)

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No notes taken (1978 views)

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Big perfumed nose. Colour getting lighter on the rim. Red fruit, black tea, earthy notes knitted together wonderfully. Long palate leaving a sweet taste after the complexity unwinds. (1662 views)

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Exotic spice and oak set this apart. Silky smooth, cinnamon color, full of flavor. More new world but still delicious. Worth $80 - $100. Will go 10 more years but entering the sweet spot now. Yum. (1843 views)

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Quiet on the nose but lovely spice and stems on the palate. Surprisingly this didn’t move much over the 4 hours we drank it. (2656 views)

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It’s always a pleasure drinking DRC, even at their entry level Echezeaux. Ex-Domaine bottle (released in 2015). Started off reductive and got better after an hour of decanting. Soft bouquet of fresh red berries, earthy gravel, stemmy whole cluster perfumes and sweet raspberries. The green stemmy note reminds me 2007 Red Burgundy, not expected in 2008. Also, interestingly greener than the 2004 La Tache next to it. Structured backbone with bright new oak exotic spices, the taste of ‘premium’ new oak. At an awkward stage. (92-93/100) (2640 views)

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Tout simplement magnifique, la bouteille donne tout ce qu'on rêve d'avoir dans un vin, c'est juste parfait, je n'ai rien d'autre à dire. (2455 views)

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Bu avec un Chambertin 2005 de Rossignol-Trapet pour souligner ma retraite. Nez avec la signature DRC très clairement, rose entre autres, fruits rouges, épices douces. Une bouche incroyable, puissante et structurée, ample mais avec tellement d’élégance et des tannins au touché sublime, fine et racée avec une longueur qui n’en finit plus. Une grande bouteille pour un grand moment et pas déçu du tout, aurait pu être ouvert dans 5 and au moins même si délicieux en ce moment. 95-96 (2401 views)

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wonderful .... and evolving so nicely over 2h ... 1 left in the cellar, will hold it as I feel it could evolve very well (1793 views)

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Wonderful aromas immediately: roses, strawberries, candied red fruits. Needs decanting. Tight at first. After two hours the aromas come through as taste, which is supple and lasts for minutes. A bit of acidity and greenness sticks out. Slight bricking at the edge. (2044 views)

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Nothing really to add here. It's always special to drink such storied wine in good company. Feeling lucky. (2571 views)

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This wine strains my vocabulary, because all I can tell you was that it was complex, layered, and enigmatic. This was beautiful, but really only started strutting its stuff after 2.5 hours. I'm pretty sure this will be hitting its stride in 5 years, plus. The nose is powerful, hinting at red currant, spice, flowers, and underbrush, all of which come through on the palate. Add to that sage, orange peel, cherry, and sweat. Impressive, but a bit reserved for now. (2657 views)

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Floral, sweet and evolved perfume. (5108/9874) (2494 views)

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At a tasting with AdV and this was the groups #2 wine. Amazing spices on the nose and palate - so complex with layers and layers. Cherry, cherry candy, bright red fruit - bursts of flavors as it rolls over the palate. Nuanced and approachable. Delicate yet delivers the iron fist. Great wine with upside (2557 views)

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For my BD at Palm D'Or with Phillip and Monique
Decanted for about one hr,
Its been almost a month. No TNs but I recall being velvety and very unique. My first Echezeaux.
Medium to full body with ripe fruit
An excellent wine very approachable now with plenty of life ahead (2743 views)

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Great Young Echezeaux Dinner (goosefoot - Chicago IL): Ripe red cherry and berry with spice throughout. Large and dense, just somewhat firm and so slightly backward for right now. Needs time+. (4279 views)

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Decanted for an hour before consumption, lovely dark ripe plummy nose, vosne spices, coffee beans and floral overtones. Medium plus palate with excellent weight and definition, long finish. Drinking well with some air but no rush! (4005 views)

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Opened for 30 mins and poured it into the decanter. The structure is exceptional. Nose had some bacon fat, flower, herbs, tangerine peel and ginger flower. Palate was so deep with beautiful and round sweetness. So good! (3798 views)

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Spice, forest smoke, rich and ripe currant, cherry and blue fruit along with exotic aromas of rose hip and rose mallow, poppy, sweet fig, and tonka bean are the preludes for this amazing wine. Strong minerality, beautifully balanced, delicious in the mouth swirl, and tanatalizing throughout the finish, the best Echezeaux of the vintage. (3256 views)

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La Paulée de San Francisco - Gala Dinner (The Fairmont - San Francisco CA): Small glass, brief note. All red, surprisingly ripe, great spice. Of course fresh and too young, but charming now. (4227 views)

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Magnifique bouquet sur les fleurs, notamment la violette et les roses, la ronce, les épices nobles, le poivre et les fruits rouges. C’est envoûtant et charmant, et nous offre à nouveau ce que je considère comme étant l’inimitable signature olfactive de la DRC. Bouche toute aussi épatante et délicieuse, équilibre impeccable, soyeux, tannins fins, texture caressante et acidulée. Longue finale sur les fruits rouges et les épices. Je ne serai pas original en disant que j’en boirais à tous les jours. 94-95 (2706 views)

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Opened, had two glasses, vacuum sealed then had the rest on night 2. On night one, outstanding nose of spice, dark fruit, meat, spearmint and loads of stems. Dark ripe fruit on the palate. Nicely forward at this stage. Great depth. Long finish with pleasing backbone. On night two, the nose had dissolved into pickle juice and dark fruit. The palate remained but with a slight bitter note on the finish, but the nose really fell apart. This was all in 95 on night one, but less on night two. (3034 views)

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Savoury elements dominate the nose, which is also a touch raw. A chewy, almost grainy texture, and the tannins do stand out here. There’s some agreeably tart red fruit, along with excellent minerality and earthiness. (1457 views)

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Tasted blind among eight Vosne-Romanée wines from 1er cru and up. Funny enough this was the absolute favourite.
Nose: jasmine, Riesling altereben :)
Taste: wild strawberry, leather, tobacco
Stunning wine. (4803 views)

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Amazing line-up, one-word impressions only: Lovely sent, but of course very primal; like the concentration (6373 views)

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This was very nice but just way too young. (4304 views)

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Quite simply the best young DRC Echezeaux to have passed my lips. This is a wine that delights with perfumes and sensual textures. There’s an engaging scent of fresh roses, juniper berry, aniseed and red currants. It is a vinous tapestry woven from silk and flowers. There’s a touch of meatiness and the whole package is immaculately balanced. No crime in drinking one now and will be on my shortlist of one of the wines of the year (5688 views)

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2008 Domaine De La Romanee-Conti Tasting (Beltramo's, Menlo Park Ca.): Amazing nose! As were all the 2008's....dusty exotic wood spiced, berry liquour-like, smoked cherry. Bright and fresh crushed red berry, pomegranate fruit in the mouth that's pure and alive with sour skin acidity, and a healthy dose of minerals. Lighter in body, but doesn't lack in flavor! Should gain with age. (6898 views)

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