Community Tasting Note

Paul S wrote:

Wednesday, February 12, 2020 - Grands-Echézeaux Dinner (Summer Pavilion, Ritz Carlton, Singapore): On to the big-hitters now, and this was excellent - probably my favourite of the many Grands-Echezeaux bottles on the night. The nose was pure DRC, with magic whole cluster aromas of meat and earth, brambly herb and wood spice, and then a core of blackberries and plums, edged with a sweeter lilt of cherry liquer and some dried roses, maybe even violets. Wow - that was some nose. It was very full and complete on the palate - marrying the best of the Grands-Echezeaux terroir with the lovely shape and poise of the 2002 vintage. This just felt like such polished wine, with velvety tannins and fine acidity wrapped around a core of sweet dark berries and plums, a bit savoury meat and earth, and just lovely mouthful of warm spice unfolding in the background. Mouthfilling and full, yet this was a wine all bout purity and transparency, with a gentle, almost velvety strength to it. So well integrated too. The finish was midlengthed rather than truly long, but very satisfying indeed, with a quiet tug of warm spice lingering at the end. Super stuff - an absolutely delicious wine, drinking so well now. No such though. This has all of the hallmarks - balance, integration, fruit and structure - of a wine that will age effortlessly through the decades.

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