July 25, 2023 - Well, it took 20 years, but the 2002s are now coming around and showing even better than their potential appeared early on. Grands-Echézeaux from Drouhin is not an easy bottle to find, but I was lucky in this vintage. Very complex nose with floral aromas. Mouth is black and red fruits with the black licorice typical of GE, and a medium-full body. Still some tannin left, and so as spectacular as this wine is today, there is still upside potential. Cellared since original release.
November 26, 2020 - Wife called it smooth
June 30, 2019 - a bit tired and coming off the top. $750 a bottle on Wine-Searcher??? I don't think so.
October 20, 2018 - 2001 vs 2002 DRC tasting with a few others; 10/20/2018-10/21/2018 (Marcel's by Robert Wiedmaier, DC and Bryan's house): Big scale expressive nose displaying very ripe, perhaps slightly overripe, black fruit, blackberry, blackberry jam, caramel, sweet spices and earth. Excellent concentration, packed concentrated ripe black fruit, dense, rich and oily, good acidity and mineral, and a medium to long concentrated ripe black fruit driven finish. The biggest and the richest wine of the night along with the Camille Giroud RSV but not as precise, pure and detailed as the DRC GEs. This is a very impressive and imposing youthful bottle that needs another two decades of cellaring.
March 28, 2018 - Echezeaux & Grands-Echezeaux theme'd dinner
TBU - Closed & reserved. Not as good as the 1st bottle.
March 28, 2018 - Echezeaux & Grands-Echezeaux theme'd dinner
TBU - my WOTN
March 28, 2018 - Served double blind. Amazing freshness, seductive red fruited nose of autumn leaf, little spice and earth. Lovely delineation, lush fruits accompany by bright acidity, very powerful but still showing the finesse and class. Persistent.
March 8, 2018 - Bt breathed 1 hr, med bright garnet. Red cherries, hawthorn and some steminess aroma. Quite oaky on palate with good extraction, tannin slightly dusty disturbing a delicate balance of acidity against faint sweet fruits. At this price level, one would expect either more power or finesse.
March 3, 2018 - La Paulée de San Francisco - Gala Dinner (The Fairmont - San Francisco CA): Late night, small glass, brief note. All red fruit with licorice and allspice. Very impressive density. Very good now with upside from here.
March 3, 2018 - La Paulée de SF Gala Dinner (Fairmont Hotel, SF CA): Drinking so well right now.