By Bill Nanson
(Romanée-Conti Grands-Echézeaux) Yield 25.5 hl/ha - or 882 cases. Medium colour. The nose has a little more wood and stem 'smoke', faint vanilla at the base and just a little more width than the Echézeaux. Eventually the nose shows truffly notes and asian spice - more cohesion but I miss a fruit dimension, plus a little cedar is now appearing - 25 minutes finally gives us a little cherry! The nose seems much more primary than from barrel. The palate shows the elegance that I remember though the acidity seems just a little brighter with a trace of cedar on the mid-palate. Like the Echézeaux, there are no fireworks, rather understated length. This was my 'amour' from barrel - from bottle it seems merely 'pretty' rather than beguiling.4/1/2007, (See more on Burgundy-Report...)