1996 Domaine René Engel Grands-Echezeaux

Community Tasting Notes (20) Avg Score: 91.4 points

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  2/19/2022 - Vinnut Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Medium-deep ruby red in color with a slight hint of clearing at the edges. Full, forward, & fragrant nose of ripe fruit aromas of cherries, raspberries & strawberries with overtones of earthy & floral notes, loam, sandalwood, tea, exotic spices, minerals, truffles, leather, smoky & a slight hint of rusty iron notes in the background. Medium bodied with a very good concentration of well balanced & smooth textured, ripe red fruit flavors of cherries, mulberries & cranberries with herbs, spices, mushrooms & minerals. Long lingering finish. Drinks quite well at present & at 26 years of age, it still has the potential to continue aging longer although any further development may be minimal. A wonderful, aged Burg!

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  11/1/2021 - The Vines That Bind wrote: flawed

  [Magnum] Ultimately I believe this was corked, although at the beginning it had a beautiful nose of pure red fruit and detailed spice. I’ve never had a bottle start so promising and then shut down completely. The sort of cork that doesn’t obviously smell like cellar floor or cardboard or anything, but rather the variety where the palate is just muted / stunted. My 'best' contribution to the dinner tonight so extraordinarily disappointing...

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  5/5/2020 - fcxj wrote: 88 Points

  Unstemmed, cherries aromatics. Evolves slightly burned. Disappointing bottle.

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  10/13/2016 - justburg wrote: 92 Points

  1996 Burg lunch at Odette. Served alongside the Dujac E 1996. Quite pale ruby red, touch of bricking at the rim. This had the signature exotic and wild Engel nose. Arabic spice, leather, sandalwood, wild strawberries, pomegranate, cherries, truffle, cigar box and barnyard. On the nose alone, this was truly sensational. Palate was slightly lean, with the acidity being slightly overwhelming. There was a good amount of red fruit, incense, spice, truffle, orange peel, cigar box and mocha. The wine put on more weight and developed various secondary characteristics with extended time, and I'm inclined to think this could be slightly better with another 5-10 years.

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  5/6/2015 - William Kelley wrote:

  The 1996 Engel wines all have noticeable volatile acidity, and the domaine seems to have had an especially bad batch of corks in this vintage, so caveat emptor, but the wine opens up in the glass to reveal a nice nose of plums, spice, blood orange and leather, without every quite losing the rusty pipe bloodiness it showed on opening. On the palate the wine has considerable authority and volume, with nice bright acids, but it's ultimately disjointed. I found it really hard to get a read on this wine, and despite the vintage's good reputation I would go for almost any other if given the choice.

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