Very young at this point - there's no discernable tertiary notes which I enjoy so much in Burgundy. Very dense wine, with chewy fruits, and a rounded mouth feel. So much intensity for Pinot, should lay down for 10 years or more.
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Nicely open on the nose. Subtle dark fruit, spice, wet stone, rose petals. Candied candied core of dark fruit. Slightly dry finish but very tasty. Ps- this was brilliant on day 2
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Näsa: är väldigt ungt och större delen är fat, men det bjuds även på mogna körsbär, dom där perfekt mörka och mogna körsbären, jordgubbar och märkligt nog sockerrör (coca cola?)
Mun: Vilken otroligt fin fathantering, sammetslent! jordgubbar, hallon, körsbär, lite viol... medel syra och medel tanniner. får även lite mognadstoner? måste vara något annat som min novisa palett inte riktigt kan identifiera men tycker att det inte borde finnas i en flaska från -18 ?
Reflektioner efter att glaset är slut: vilket otroligt hantverk detta är, längden har inget slut och fortsätter bara att leva kvar, den har flyttat in och bor numera i min mun utan någon hyra. Allt är så välbalanserat och välavvägt, inga avvikande smaker som sticker iväg eller stör, allt är i symbios.
Självklart blir man påverkad när man vet vad man dricker, men det går inte att undgå hur bra detta är, the hype is real!
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2018 Romanee Conti Echezeaux … never had anything like this before. Amazing wine. Intoxicating nose of suspended rose petals with voluptuous berries. Palate is so soft, silky, and luscious. Definitely one of my top 5 wines. 96 points.
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Started beautifully with DRC stem aromatics, but rather jammy on palate, very ripe. Exuded fine tannins and bouquet 8 hours in. Finished with a touch of Chinese tea. 2288/14047.
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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: A bit muted on the nose, even with a lot of time and swirling. Same picture on the palate. There is a fruit sweetness, quite ripe, some minerality but not much precise expression. Fine structural frame with soft, ever so slightly velvety tannins, perfectly integrated acidity, fine slightly creamy texture, no excess weight, medium length. Inferior to the 2017 Echezeaux today but you get the sense that this could have more in store. Of course with less substance than the Grands Echezeauxs in the next series.
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2018 red Burgundy tasting (Freiheit Vinothek, Ulm, Germany): *** all wines decanted 1-2h before and tasted double blind *** Glass: Zalto Burgundy Clear, deep ruby color. Clean, dense nose. Lots of black cherry, herbaceous. A bit more rustic than the Dujac. Dry, high ripe acidity, high, mellow tannin. Quite cool taste, herbs, some artificial cherry. A bit rougher than the Dujac in this stage. Wonderful pressure though, juicy, good length. Unfolds with time and air. Needs a lot of time. Great potential, if all components blend together. 92++ FCK, that is DRC? Very good, but legendary?
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Aubert notes in previous decades there was more mildew.
How have the winemaking evolved? Or rather how has the harvest evolved with regards to longevity? Aubert thinks the acidity and balance is the same as in the past. He feels the wines will age as much as he has.
He feels that with climate change they have to deal with it. With later ripening types, canopy, mind set is becoming different.
Aubert notes burgundy has never had such a string of good vintages.
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2018 had some challenges with regards to yields. So they are going to drop allocations. Yea! Aubert notes that this vintage he feels is one of the best successes of the vintage. But it was a struggle defined by two sides- from winter to June 15, it was snow and rain. This created water reserves for the rest of the year. Early bud break. Some mildew in vosnee. Very early flowering. And uneven rainfall. In vosne falling at the wrong time. But after June 15 was a complete change of weather. The north wind arrived and never left. And the north wind is a great factor of quality in burgundy. It. Brings dryness. And so the rest of the season was dry. Two heat waves in August. By August 15 the sugar was high but not phenolic maturity. He was amazed how resistant the grapes were to the heat. From August 20 ripening accelerated and the grapes were tasty and some figgy, but it wasn't until August 31, when the aromas were ripe.
31 corton, sept 3 started in Vosne-Romanée with richebourg. Sept 12 la tache. Montrachet was absolutely excellent. No disease, yield was high. Harvest sept 7. Highest yield for a long time. An ideal harvest. But the impression of always being on the razors edge. Sorting in vosne necessary. In Vosne-Romanée its a small vintage.
Amazingly perfumed nose. Lots of black cherry and orange in there as well. Incredibly complex on the nose. Toghtly wound on the palate but superb.
Albert notes that '17 is almost drinking well now.
Here there is rock very close to the surface. And Aubert notes this wine is more immediate.
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Some people have asked for ratings of the 2018s. Here are my thoughts (today / potential). Corton (93 / 94-95) Ech (92 / 94) GE (94 / 95) RSV (93 / 94) Rich (97 / 97) La Tache (95 / 98) Romanee Conti (?? / 99?) Montrachet (93 / ??)
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4/21/2024 - johnh1001 wrote:
Very different experience from the bottle last year. Super jammy dark fruit. No spice. Didn’t move much even on day 3.
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1/19/2024 - steinersing wrote: 95 Points
showing really well with quite a bit of air time. Seductive and deep. good balance of stems and fruit. Excellent early drinking wine right now.
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1/13/2024 - fcxj wrote: 94 Points
Lively floral aromatics, ripe palate. Feels notably denser than Corton. Accordingly needs time. (7075/14047)
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6/5/2023 - glassofhans Likes this wine: 94 Points
Very young at this point - there's no discernable tertiary notes which I enjoy so much in Burgundy. Very dense wine, with chewy fruits, and a rounded mouth feel. So much intensity for Pinot, should lay down for 10 years or more.
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5/1/2023 - aquacongas wrote: 93 Points
blind
A bit too much roasted notes. The fruit is in the background. Not really elegant but powerful .93
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3/25/2023 - johnh1001 wrote: 94 Points
Nicely open on the nose. Subtle dark fruit, spice, wet stone, rose petals. Candied candied core of dark fruit. Slightly dry finish but very tasty. Ps- this was brilliant on day 2
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3/17/2023 - HerrMelin Likes this wine: 96 Points
DRC Echezeaux - 2018
Näsa: är väldigt ungt och större delen är fat, men det bjuds även på mogna körsbär, dom där perfekt mörka och mogna körsbären, jordgubbar och märkligt nog sockerrör (coca cola?)
Mun: Vilken otroligt fin fathantering, sammetslent! jordgubbar, hallon, körsbär, lite viol... medel syra och medel tanniner.
får även lite mognadstoner? måste vara något annat som min novisa palett inte riktigt kan identifiera men tycker att det inte borde finnas i en flaska från -18 ?
Reflektioner efter att glaset är slut: vilket otroligt hantverk detta är, längden har inget slut och fortsätter bara att leva kvar, den har flyttat in och bor numera i min mun utan någon hyra.
Allt är så välbalanserat och välavvägt, inga avvikande smaker som sticker iväg eller stör, allt är i symbios.
Självklart blir man påverkad när man vet vad man dricker, men det går inte att undgå hur bra detta är, the hype is real!
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1/22/2023 - winecoffee wrote: 96 Points
2018 Romanee Conti Echezeaux … never had anything like this before. Amazing wine. Intoxicating nose of suspended rose petals with voluptuous berries. Palate is so soft, silky, and luscious. Definitely one of my top 5 wines. 96 points.
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1/13/2023 - fcxj wrote: 96 Points
This is a great Echezeaux with exuberant stem floral aromatics that don't stray into smoke. Length, balance and purity of palate. (00000/14047)
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1/5/2022 - jchan1 wrote: 94 Points
Started beautifully with DRC stem aromatics, but rather jammy on palate, very ripe. Exuded fine tannins and bouquet 8 hours in. Finished with a touch of Chinese tea. 2288/14047.
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10/24/2021 - Cailles wrote: 92 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: A bit muted on the nose, even with a lot of time and swirling. Same picture on the palate. There is a fruit sweetness, quite ripe, some minerality but not much precise expression. Fine structural frame with soft, ever so slightly velvety tannins, perfectly integrated acidity, fine slightly creamy texture, no excess weight, medium length. Inferior to the 2017 Echezeaux today but you get the sense that this could have more in store. Of course with less substance than the Grands Echezeauxs in the next series.
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7/9/2021 - NoTrollingerPlease Likes this wine:
2018 red Burgundy tasting (Freiheit Vinothek, Ulm, Germany): *** all wines decanted 1-2h before and tasted double blind ***
Glass: Zalto Burgundy
Clear, deep ruby color. Clean, dense nose. Lots of black cherry, herbaceous. A bit more rustic than the Dujac.
Dry, high ripe acidity, high, mellow tannin. Quite cool taste, herbs, some artificial cherry. A bit rougher than the Dujac in this stage. Wonderful pressure though, juicy, good length. Unfolds with time and air. Needs a lot of time. Great potential, if all components blend together. 92++
FCK, that is DRC? Very good, but legendary?
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5/10/2021 - Ben Christiansen wrote:
Aubert notes in previous decades there was more mildew.
How have the winemaking evolved? Or rather how has the harvest evolved with regards to longevity? Aubert thinks the acidity and balance is the same as in the past. He feels the wines will age as much as he has.
He feels that with climate change they have to deal with it. With later ripening types, canopy, mind set is becoming different.
Aubert notes burgundy has never had such a string of good vintages.
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5/10/2021 - Ben Christiansen wrote:
2018 had some challenges with regards to yields. So they are going to drop allocations. Yea! Aubert notes that this vintage he feels is one of the best successes of the vintage. But it was a struggle defined by two sides- from winter to June 15, it was snow and rain. This created water reserves for the rest of the year. Early bud break. Some mildew in vosnee. Very early flowering. And uneven rainfall. In vosne falling at the wrong time. But after June 15 was a complete change of weather. The north wind arrived and never left. And the north wind is a great factor of quality in burgundy. It. Brings dryness. And so the rest of the season was dry. Two heat waves in August. By August 15 the sugar was high but not phenolic maturity. He was amazed how resistant the grapes were to the heat. From August 20 ripening accelerated and the grapes were tasty and some figgy, but it wasn't until August 31, when the aromas were ripe.
31 corton, sept 3 started in Vosne-Romanée with richebourg. Sept 12 la tache. Montrachet was absolutely excellent. No disease, yield was high. Harvest sept 7. Highest yield for a long time. An ideal harvest. But the impression of always being on the razors edge. Sorting in vosne necessary. In Vosne-Romanée its a small vintage.
Amazingly perfumed nose. Lots of black cherry and orange in there as well. Incredibly complex on the nose. Toghtly wound on the palate but superb.
Albert notes that '17 is almost drinking well now.
Here there is rock very close to the surface. And Aubert notes this wine is more immediate.
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4/29/2021 - AValdes Likes this wine: 92 Points
Domaine de la Romanee conti 2018 Tasting and Dinner; 4/29/2021-4/30/2021 (Le Bernardin): Not very giving on the nose, somewhat tight on the palate. Light-to-medium weight with good structure. Some heat on the finish - feeling more of the alcohol on this one.
Some people have asked for ratings of the 2018s. Here are my thoughts (today / potential).
Corton (93 / 94-95)
Ech (92 / 94)
GE (94 / 95)
RSV (93 / 94)
Rich (97 / 97)
La Tache (95 / 98)
Romanee Conti (?? / 99?)
Montrachet (93 / ??)
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