2020 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Echezeaux

Community Tasting Notes (10) Avg Score: 94.6 points

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  3/30/2024 - jviz wrote: 94 Points

  Same bottle as Nutty08. Decanted and enjoyed in a Grassl cru over the course of several hours. Extremely dark in the glass, and fairly open aromatics, the best thing here was its silky, polished texture. Violet florals and dark fruits are present. Not overripe and the alcohol and acidity are very well balanced. To my palate, the oak was overly dominant, so much so that another taster and I aren’t sure we would have settled on Pinot blind, with so much makeup concealing varietal character at the moment. I’ve had older DRC a few times and this was an entirely different animal young. Although this isn’t shut down or remotely closed, I think drinking it before the oak has had time to integrate is a shame. It has massive potential though.

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  3/29/2024 - Nutty08 Likes this wine: 95 Points

  First young DRC of significant portion. I was a expecting a brutish wine given the reputation of '20, but this was all polish the elegance. The oak notes do dominate but well balanced. Elegant floral highlights with violets and other dark profile notes. Palate was concentrated, but not heavy and tannins were quite fine and polished. Clearly has a bright future but won't be shy is saying this was crushable now. But does show it's terrior? That'a a harder question, and probably the best reason to let is rest.

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  3/16/2024 - sirpat00 Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Tasted at Lenkerhof in Lenk, Switzerland. Decanted approx. 1.5h but could easily have gone longer. Highly versatile with an immense variety of flavors. Beautifully layered fruit profile with red berries of raspberry, elements of rhubarb, but also darker cherry notes. Floral perfume wafting out of the glass. Adding both sweet and peppery spice, meaty notes, chocolate, earth and leather with time in the glass. Also herbal notes of dried estragon and oregano. Sumptuous with an incredibly soft texture and plenty of fresh acids. Tannins are round and polished, seamlessly integrated but still add structure and mid palate depth. This is already complex and a wine so easy to fall in love with, even if clearly too young.

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  3/1/2024 - vvWine.ch wrote: 95 Points

  Mittleres Rubinrot. In der Serie der 2020er-Weine der rotfruchtigste Vertreter, ein herrlicher Duft, Johannisbeeren, Sauerkirschen, florale Noten, Rosentee, Süssholz, mit Luft auch Lorbeer und Chili. Im Gaumen gradlinig, knackig und mit viel Trinkfluss, eine top Säure trägt die süsse Frucht, der Wein wirkt lebendig, elegant, saftig und frisch. Langer Abgang auf rote Beeren und wiederum florale Töne. Ein delikater Échézeaux, der vielleicht etwas harmloser wirkt, als er eigentlich ist. 2026-2044, 95 vvPunkte

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  2/23/2024 - Hugo Hilde Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Outrageously complex nose. It has a little bit of everything, perhaps slightly darker fruited than the 17 and 19, but no sur maturé in sight.
  
  The palate is significantly darker than those two vintages, though with air, that characteristic gentle citrus finish takes over, rendering the wine very harmonious.

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