2004 Domaine René Engel Grands-Echezeaux

Community Tasting Notes (8) Avg Score: 96.6 points

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  12/29/2021 - Siegelaa Likes this wine: 97 Points

  An ethereal, mind-blowing wine, a quintessential grand cru burgundy, with so much going on in the glass, dont know where to start. This wine will give you a ton of emotions and remind why you drink burgundy in the first place - it has it all.
  On the nose a basket of spice, dark fruits, chetnuts, black tea, warm earth, violets. On the palate deep, extremely complex, long, sensual.
  Fully mature. A wow wine!

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  6/4/2020 - hungrybram Likes this wine: 97 Points

  2 hours in: If I were blinded, I'd guess this an vosne grand cru 07. Nose was full of spices, rose petals, and stems. The palate was very sweet, concentrated, and long. Also a bit viscous and concentrated. Hints of sweetened tea umami that I associate with Rene Engel. Tongue coating finish.
  5 hours in: The nose, f*ck, so sensual. Exotic nose of Christmas cake spices sprinkled with some forest berries. The palate started developing tart berry-like finish that lifted everything up. Oh, that silky Rene Engel texture and that tongue coating finish. Truly joyful, the kind of wine you can easily gulp the entire bottle alone. My WOTY in 2020 so far.

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  2/26/2018 - Burgundy63 Likes this wine: 97 Points

  This note will run out of superlatives- This is burgundy at its very best from a great wine maker - looked already magical to the eye with that deep ruby red - Perfect harmony between the fruit and the tannins leaving a fully rounded deep and complex taste with a long long tail

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  11/5/2017 - Collector1855 wrote: 98 Points

  During a La Paulée Lunch, so only brief impressions. My goodness, what a wine. This Burg really had it all. Expressive nose of red fruit, game, spices, musk, like the best Armand Rousseau bottles. Elegant palate as well, long finish. World Class. The wine of the Lunch. Unfortunately prices for this wine are approaching 4 digits, now I know why.

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  10/18/2017 - JulianSkeels Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Thanks Ray! Served blind, this was clearly Vosne and from a weaker year. I guessed a top producer 1er from the appearance since it was quite pale, but then I smelt it - wow. Such an evolving a lacy aroma of spice, sweet red fruit and earth.. becoming smoke and chestnuts with air. I could have only smelt this all evening. In the mouth it was much more powerful and rich than it appeared with waves of red fruit and a finely judged acidity. No oak showing, all perfectly balanced. An absolute joy. I must buy or drink this wine again....

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