Dark cherries, wild strawberries, ripe blueberries, young plum and some nice spices and herbs on the palate. Tannins feel smooth and are nicely integrated. Super complex fruit structure and a great overall complexity. Quite modern and fruit driven style. It was surprisingly open but nevertheless I would suggest to give it a few more years in the cellar. Not the best Echézeaux from DRC I had but a great one. Was reasonably priced at the restaurant. (IG)
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What a nose upon opening, extremely complex with roasted herbs, black cherry, blackberry, smoke, cedar and hazelnut. After an hour or so, the fruit turned red, ending up with the freshest wild strawberries with a backdrop of lemon curd. So incredibly harmonious and smooth with depth of aromas for days.
At first, the palate was slightly monolithic with dark fruits and a hint of bitterness. However, after 1.5 hours, it showed superb dusty tannins with so much lift and grace and a growing finish ending with sweet orange notes.
The nose was exceptional, the palate was very good, reminds me of a slightly less concentrated version of the 19.
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echezeaux night. ranked #3 of the night. bottle decanted for 3 hours. very open, very approachable and drinkable. it's even more smooth compare to the 14 echeaezux but less tanning.
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Tete de Cuvee Rose Tasting (Brookhaven, GA): Juicy red and dark fruit, grapey and so youthful, violets, pepper, plum, powerful, some stem, meaty, fine yet tight tannic structure, blue fruit, powerful and not super expressive very near a pop and pour; structured and powerful this was much younger than another bottle several months ago.
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02255/15467. Compared to the 69 on the side, this shows polished new-vintage nose, candied red fruit, rose, silky on the palate, definitely more accessible than the 17 GE (mag) last year and showing how Eche is now more than ever closer to GE. 93-94
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A private tasting and dinner (Restaurant Fitzgerald *, Rotterdam, NL): Bottle No. 09566 / 15467. Very elegant and expressive, wonderful 2017 elegance, hint of undergrowth, red berries and flowers, Vosne spices and the typical DRC orange zest, silky and flowing, beautifully integrated tannins, long and layered, dreamy finish with a delicious whiff of oak. Youthful but already extremely attractive.
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Fragrant and very beautiful nose with red cherries, spices, wild strawberry, forest notes, a bit of underwood, and quite obvious stem influence. The palate is perfectly balanced with lovely spice notes coming through along with red fruit flavors and berries. It's complex and nuanced and the finish is long. Incredible how such a young wine can be so balanced and enjoyable now. It feels velvety smooth, but with great complexity, interesting flavors, and great elegance. A pleasure to drink. 95++
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Un nez magique, envoutant, complexe, fin, racé, épices, rose, fruits rouges, tout y passe comme en bouche, quelle finesse et équilibre. Très DRC comme signature. 95-96
Magical nose, so gorgeous, complex,elegnt, classy, spices, rose flowers. The palate is also at a si,ilar level, finesse, power, balance, texture, length, you name it it has it.
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Extremely pretty wine. Very much DRC with lots of aromatic pleasure. Lightly bodied and lacking the tannic structure of GE, this 17 delivers immense pleasure now. Beautiful
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In a 10/12/17 vertical flight. Not surprisingly a bit behind the 10, but to me it more than held its own. There is an interesting oily texture in this bottle that doesn't show itself in the other vintages.
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This was singing tonight. Beautifully finessed sweet red fruit and spice. Best bottle yet. I actually kind of preferred this to the 01 Leroy BM. Wait, what and I saying …
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Aromas of matchstick, strawberry, cherry, rhubarb and Asian spice. Nose is crazy. Flavors of cherry, strawberry, iron, root vegetables and earth. Ends with a 40-45 second finish with cherry notes.
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Complete DRC Vintage Horizontals 2017 vs 2018: Since Covid didn’t allow for a proper arrivage tasting last year, we tasted the 2017s in direct taste-offs vs their 2018 counterparts this year. All bottles were opened a few hours earlier, not decanted but we got enough time to follow each wine over 45+ minutes in the glass which allowed for proper aeration and analysis. A few observations: 1) The 2017s are disarmingly easy to drink, charming, soft and open. 2) The 2018 show more depth but will need more time to flesh out, open up and become rounder. 3) Best ever Cortons. Slowly but surely they grow into their allocation (not market) price. 4) The showstopping RSVs edge out the Richebourgs with the purest fruit expression vs raw and today a bit unintegrated power. 5) The La Taches and RCs are playing in their own category in terms of complexity but the RCs are a bit closed. 6) The Montrachets are fabulous with a sharp, complex and complete 2017 as a consensus WOTN and a 2018 which is a bit broader but still amazing.
TN: Expressive nose with lots of red and dark berries, stems, smoke and minerality. Lot more powerful compared to the Corton in the previous series and more open than the 2018 Echezeaux and both GEs in the next series. Very soft, round and harmonious on the palate with fresh strawberries? Candied red fruit, sous bois, minerality, hints of cola. Fairly good precision, good mid palate weight, fine structure, medium+ length, quite complete. Overall, clearly better today than the 2018 which might have more depth but is rather muted today and with a touch too much ripeness.
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Yes, it is young but very approachable now and we wanted to give it a try. Consumed along with 14 RSV, 04 RSV and other great burgs. 2-3 hour decant and we let her rip. Shows well now and I expect will go for a very long time and improve along the way.
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Best of the best: Otrolig doft! Körsbär, omogna jordgubbar, mineral gröna toner, en drös av kryddor och lite lingon. Kan dofta på det här i dagar! Oerhört pepprig och koncentrerad, som en bomb i munnen. Syran är hög och tanninerna är tydliga, men strukturen vittnar om att något väldigt bra ligger där under. Öppnar upp sig mer och mer under kvällen men behöver sannolikt ett årtionde innan den börjar bli redo.
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Is 2017 young to drink DRC? Sure. But with a terrific price on the list and 2014 being corked, 2017 to the rescue! 2017 is still insanely expressive and welcoming even at this stage with its expansive and velvety texture, elite depth and riveting energy and concentration. It has impeccable balance and an ultra persistent finish, surely to be a star as it further develops and gains complexity. This is my 3rd time having 2017 DRC, and all have been pretty darn accessible. Even La Tâche. There’s no wrong time to drink DRC 💫
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4/6/2024 - DrZett wrote: 94 Points
Dark cherries, wild strawberries, ripe blueberries, young plum and some nice spices and herbs on the palate. Tannins feel smooth and are nicely integrated. Super complex fruit structure and a great overall complexity. Quite modern and fruit driven style. It was surprisingly open but nevertheless I would suggest to give it a few more years in the cellar. Not the best Echézeaux from DRC I had but a great one. Was reasonably priced at the restaurant. (IG)
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1/31/2024 - Hugo Hilde Likes this wine: 95 Points
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What a nose upon opening, extremely complex with roasted herbs, black cherry, blackberry, smoke, cedar and hazelnut.
After an hour or so, the fruit turned red, ending up with the freshest wild strawberries with a backdrop of lemon curd. So incredibly harmonious and smooth with depth of aromas for days.
At first, the palate was slightly monolithic with dark fruits and a hint of bitterness. However, after 1.5 hours, it showed superb dusty tannins with so much lift and grace and a growing finish ending with sweet orange notes.
The nose was exceptional, the palate was very good, reminds me of a slightly less concentrated version of the 19.
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12/5/2023 - vetty Likes this wine: 95 Points
echezeaux night. ranked #3 of the night. bottle decanted for 3 hours. very open, very approachable and drinkable. it's even more smooth compare to the 14 echeaezux but less tanning.
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12/3/2023 - Orange Tsian wrote: 92 Points
No.03608/15467
开瓶香气就很开放，清新的红樱桃、树莓、覆盆子和石榴之类的红果味，还带着些成熟的橘子和橘子软糖，玫瑰花瓣萦绕，慢慢飘散，些许薄荷的清凉、丁香、甘草以及轻微木质增加复杂度，整体显得比较清新精巧，后段力道略弱。口感轻柔，偏咸，集中度中高，通体平铺直叙，单宁多，仍紧致而有轻微颗粒感。红樱桃、黑樱桃、树莓和覆盆子等红果为主，点缀黑果，轻微果干，轻盈有致，整体显得不大，偏扁平而不够扎实，后段有轻微矿物感、甘草、丁香、紫罗兰和森林地表味，收尾中长，结尾处力量持续性不太足。92-93/100
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11/16/2023 - Rezy13 Likes this wine:
Tete de Cuvee Rose Tasting (Brookhaven, GA): Juicy red and dark fruit, grapey and so youthful, violets, pepper, plum, powerful, some stem, meaty, fine yet tight tannic structure, blue fruit, powerful and not super expressive very near a pop and pour; structured and powerful this was much younger than another bottle several months ago.
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10/17/2023 - fcxj wrote: 96 Points
Elegant, lifted stem floral aromatics. Sweet, delineated palate. (3086/15467)
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10/14/2023 - hprphf wrote: 94 Points
02255/15467. Compared to the 69 on the side, this shows polished new-vintage nose, candied red fruit, rose, silky on the palate, definitely more accessible than the 17 GE (mag) last year and showing how Eche is now more than ever closer to GE. 93-94
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9/27/2023 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 96 Points
A private tasting and dinner (Restaurant Fitzgerald *, Rotterdam, NL): Bottle No. 09566 / 15467. Very elegant and expressive, wonderful 2017 elegance, hint of undergrowth, red berries and flowers, Vosne spices and the typical DRC orange zest, silky and flowing, beautifully integrated tannins, long and layered, dreamy finish with a delicious whiff of oak. Youthful but already extremely attractive.
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9/5/2023 - glou.sf Likes this wine: 95 Points
Fragrant and very beautiful nose with red cherries, spices, wild strawberry, forest notes, a bit of underwood, and quite obvious stem influence. The palate is perfectly balanced with lovely spice notes coming through along with red fruit flavors and berries. It's complex and nuanced and the finish is long. Incredible how such a young wine can be so balanced and enjoyable now. It feels velvety smooth, but with great complexity, interesting flavors, and great elegance. A pleasure to drink. 95++
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8/24/2023 - Mario17 Likes this wine: 96 Points
Un nez magique, envoutant, complexe, fin, racé, épices, rose, fruits rouges, tout y passe comme en bouche, quelle finesse et équilibre. Très DRC comme signature. 95-96
Magical nose, so gorgeous, complex,elegnt, classy, spices, rose flowers. The palate is also at a si,ilar level, finesse, power, balance, texture, length, you name it it has it.
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3/5/2023 - nmmnori wrote: 96 Points
Extremely pretty wine. Very much DRC with lots of aromatic pleasure. Lightly bodied and lacking the tannic structure of GE, this 17 delivers immense pleasure now. Beautiful
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3/2/2023 - Tubulus wrote:
In a 10/12/17 vertical flight. Not surprisingly a bit behind the 10, but to me it more than held its own. There is an interesting oily texture in this bottle that doesn't show itself in the other vintages.
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3/1/2023 - johnh1001 wrote: 96 Points
This was singing tonight. Beautifully finessed sweet red fruit and spice. Best bottle yet. I actually kind of preferred this to the 01 Leroy BM. Wait, what and I saying …
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2/28/2023 - Burgundy Al wrote: 93 Points
Small taste last night, note from memory. Bright red fruit wonderfully spiced. Or particularly powerful, but long and persistent.
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1/29/2023 - johnh1001 wrote: 95 Points
This really takes a good 5 hours to get going but once it does, beautiful floral and red fruit notes with plenty of spice
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12/7/2022 - johnh1001 wrote: 95 Points
Pretty intense on day 1. Amazing on day 2. Sweet red and blue fruit. Outstanding spice and mouth coating texture. Long and balanced. A great 2017.
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11/25/2022 - levicn Likes this wine: 93 Points
淡宝石红偏紫色，闻香有一股铁锈的味道，樱桃红果，木质香气和人参味，还有一股肉鲜，香气集中度高，带着点脂粉气，有点冲鼻，入口酸度高，单宁紧致，颗粒很细腻，酒液咸，收口微甜，口感非常柔和，红果，水果糖，饼干，带着些许玫瑰花瓣和淡淡泥土气息，后段香料感，余味红果，饼干和香草奶油。一款非常年轻的酒，酒体紧实，果味新鲜，细节打磨得很精致，尽管还没有太多复杂度和深度，你也能感觉得出来这是一款高质量的酒，因为基本挑不出任何瑕疵，我们需要的只是时间让它变得更好。酒局进行到此，喝了一众复杂而又稳重的酒款，略显沉闷，它的出现，仿佛一缕春风拂过，带来勃勃生机。
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6/18/2022 - slywka7 Likes this wine: 96 Points
Aromas of matchstick, strawberry, cherry, rhubarb and Asian spice. Nose is crazy. Flavors of cherry, strawberry, iron, root vegetables and earth. Ends with a 40-45 second finish with cherry notes.
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10/24/2021 - Cailles wrote: 94 Points
Complete DRC Vintage Horizontals 2017 vs 2018: Since Covid didn’t allow for a proper arrivage tasting last year, we tasted the 2017s in direct taste-offs vs their 2018 counterparts this year. All bottles were opened a few hours earlier, not decanted but we got enough time to follow each wine over 45+ minutes in the glass which allowed for proper aeration and analysis. A few observations: 1) The 2017s are disarmingly easy to drink, charming, soft and open. 2) The 2018 show more depth but will need more time to flesh out, open up and become rounder. 3) Best ever Cortons. Slowly but surely they grow into their allocation (not market) price. 4) The showstopping RSVs edge out the Richebourgs with the purest fruit expression vs raw and today a bit unintegrated power. 5) The La Taches and RCs are playing in their own category in terms of complexity but the RCs are a bit closed. 6) The Montrachets are fabulous with a sharp, complex and complete 2017 as a consensus WOTN and a 2018 which is a bit broader but still amazing.
TN: Expressive nose with lots of red and dark berries, stems, smoke and minerality. Lot more powerful compared to the Corton in the previous series and more open than the 2018 Echezeaux and both GEs in the next series. Very soft, round and harmonious on the palate with fresh strawberries? Candied red fruit, sous bois, minerality, hints of cola. Fairly good precision, good mid palate weight, fine structure, medium+ length, quite complete. Overall, clearly better today than the 2018 which might have more depth but is rather muted today and with a touch too much ripeness.
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9/20/2021 - ludwigbpm wrote: 93 Points
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7/14/2021 - BROpus One Likes this wine: 94 Points
Yes, it is young but very approachable now and we wanted to give it a try. Consumed along with 14 RSV, 04 RSV and other great burgs. 2-3 hour decant and we let her rip. Shows well now and I expect will go for a very long time and improve along the way.
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4/10/2021 - Oscaro Likes this wine: 94 Points
Best of the best: Otrolig doft! Körsbär, omogna jordgubbar, mineral gröna toner, en drös av kryddor och lite lingon. Kan dofta på det här i dagar!
Oerhört pepprig och koncentrerad, som en bomb i munnen. Syran är hög och tanninerna är tydliga, men strukturen vittnar om att något väldigt bra ligger där under. Öppnar upp sig mer och mer under kvällen men behöver sannolikt ett årtionde innan den börjar bli redo.
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4/3/2021 - finediningnyc Likes this wine: 95 Points
Is 2017 young to drink DRC? Sure. But with a terrific price on the list and 2014 being corked, 2017 to the rescue! 2017 is still insanely expressive and welcoming even at this stage with its expansive and velvety texture, elite depth and riveting energy and concentration. It has impeccable balance and an ultra persistent finish, surely to be a star as it further develops and gains complexity. This is my 3rd time having 2017 DRC, and all have been pretty darn accessible. Even La Tâche. There’s no wrong time to drink DRC 💫
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1/31/2021 - jrsobeck wrote: 95 Points
Drinking beautifully. Great nose, lots of layers, long finish.
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