Community Tasting Note

Paul S wrote:

Wednesday, February 12, 2020 - Grands-Echézeaux Dinner (Summer Pavilion, Ritz Carlton, Singapore): Another good, fairly solid GE to round up the flight. This certainly felt deeper, darker, slightly more stubborn than the pair of Jean-Marc Millot wines that preceded. More masculine and old-school in its stylings. The nose showed dried earth, mineral and dark fruit, along with a meaty savouriness, and then drifts of spice and ferrous mineral. Like the Millot, there was a shade of new oak in there too surprising, but otherwise the character was very different. A little tight, but a rather pleasant bouquet. The palate started out with lots of wood spice, dried earth and mineral speared through a core of dark berries and cherries, and a litter of dried violets, these riding on a bed of powdery, but muscular tannins that gave the wine a real sense of structure. It was certainly less filigreed and elegant than the pair of Millots, or indeed the Georges Noellat that preceded it; but that is not to say that this lacked any precision of focus. While just a bit blunter, less sharp than say the very on point 2005 Millot, this was still quality, and gave a real sense of masculine charm. I do not think it will ever be a world-beater, but it is nevertheless a nice wine that should continue to grow and evolve nicely over the next decade or so.

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