1996 Domaine Jean Grivot Echezeaux

Community Tasting Notes (14) Avg Score: 91.3 points

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  2/8/2018 - rlove wrote: 90 Points

  Straightforward but pretty nose of cherry and mixed spice. Lean on the palate, with high acidity and still-unresolved tannins, finishing spicy but not particularly long. The 1996 Echezeaux may improve from here but won't ever find elegance.

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  2/17/2017 - drwine2001 wrote:

  Primary deep ruby. Interesting nose of baked cherry, clove, and celery. Pretty solid, medium weight, not very generous or yielding due to its strong acidity. Some dark red fruit transiently, but then quite peppery and stemmy with a lot of tannin still needing to be resolved. Not a top Echezeaux, but to be fair, embryonic and in need of another decade to unwind.

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  12/8/2016 - cfk49 wrote: 94 Points

  Cellared since original release. Still needs a few years in bottle, but this wine is already/finally showing fantastically. Sensual with complex red and dark fruits and spices, it only needs time for a bit more of the tannin to drop off. No regrets about having waited this long to open my first bottle and look forward to the remaining bottles down the road.

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  11/20/2016 - chcook Likes this wine:

  Brief note. PNP. Cork crumbly but intact. Color dark and deep and so was the flavor profile. Heavier and less subtle than I expected at this age. Not going anywhere soon

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  7/22/2015 - Aglenardi Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Decanted for 30 minutes and slowly drink over the next 4 hours. Wonderful bouquet of rose petals, ripped berries, hint of chocolate and smoke/toast in the background. After the first sip, it is explosive currants, berries, cheries, balanced with a nice acidity, firm tannins and a long finish. I would suggest to try again in a few years when time has worked its magic to soften the tannins. It is still in early stage of its drinkability window like a prodigy child trying to show its true potential. It is a complex, ambitious wine with a lot of potential and many years of its life ahead.

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