Community Tasting Note

Paul S wrote:

Wednesday, February 12, 2020 - Grands-Echézeaux Dinner (Summer Pavilion, Ritz Carlton, Singapore): This was very impressive - my favourite amongst a decent first flight of other Grands-Exhezeaux. The nose was quite marked with an unfortunate touch of Brettanomyces at first, with a waft of funk, sweaty sous bois coming out of the glass. Thankfully, this blew off a little with time to reveal much more pleasant aromas of dark cherries and berries, along with earth, meat and mineral, and than a dash of spice and a little linger of some new oak. With time, a suggestion of rose petals drifted out as well. A darker and deeper nose than the 2009 Jean-Marc Millot GE that we had alongside; more masculine - but then again, that may have been the influence of the Brett. In any case, when the funk blew off, this was actually quite a nice bouquet. The palate was very impressive. In true 2005 fashion, it was still really well-structured, with bright acidity and noble tannins framing a full, generous mouthful of dark berry fruit, all with a nice transparent feel. Past the midpalate, a hint of florals - dried roses I thought - and a touch of spice emerged, all held in perfect balance as the wine moved into a long, full finish of mineral and earth and warm spice. There was lots of substance and quiet intensity here. A very complete wine; quietly impressive, with an elegant strength to it - this showed-off the quality of the 2005 vintage beautifully. Starting to drink well now, but with many years ahead of it yet.

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