Community Tasting Note

Paul S wrote:

Wednesday, February 12, 2020 - Grands-Echézeaux Dinner (Summer Pavilion, Ritz Carlton, Singapore): One of two surprisingly good bottles of Potel Grands-Echezeaux (that bested a trio of Engel on the same flight), this was lovely. What amazing aromatics it had, bursting out of the glass with fireworks of dried roses and sweet red fruit - cherries and berries I thought - then fragrant spice, some earth, some meat, and a little twist of bramble in there too - just absolutely wonderful, perfumed stuff. The palate was delicious too, with silky tannins and lovely fresh acidity framing a mouthful of sweet red cherries and strawberries, and then a little stream of mineral and spice leading into a gently, velvety finish. The feel was very much that of a good wine from its vintage - not the most complex, but so pure and transparent and delicious. A wine of elegance and finesse - really lacy and appealing, seductive even. I loved this. If there was any criticism at all, it was perhaps a bit on the lighter side for a Grand Cru, especially a Grands-Echezeaux, but this still had a nice quiet intensity and length to it. A lovely drop, drinking at absolute peak.

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