ÉCHEZEAUX
2017 'en Orveaux' Grand Cru Domaine Faiveley
After the Clos Vougeot this is another notch up on the mineral scale. Almost pulsing with crisp drive. Great bright lines charge through this and the flow is superb. Real intensity to the firmish fruit. Notes of an apple and blackberry crumble - but without any sweetness or richness. The central core of fruit is really attractive, but measured and compacted for now. This is really attractive Echezeaux. Drinking range: 2020 - 2029L&S (Nov 2018)
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Ripe and juicy, this deals a hand of cherry, kirsch, rose, mineral and spice notes. Though saturated with flavor and firmly structured, this delivers elegance and excellent length, driven by vibrant acidity. Shows terrific balance and complexity. Drinking range: 2023 - 2033 Rating: 94 Bruce Sanderson, The Wine Spectator (Mar 2020)
A more floral-inflected nose reflects plenty of spice, herbal tea and sandalwood influences on the ripe aromas of plum and black cherry liqueur. The rich, intense and delineated medium-bodied flavors also display a taut muscularity as well as good power while delivering fine persistence on the youthfully austere, chiseled and linear finish. This is an Echézeaux of finesse and minerality. Drinking range: 2029 - Rating: 90-93 Allen Meadows, www.Burghound.com (Jan 2019)
The 2017 Echézeaux En Orveau comes from a cool microclimate, the last before you reach Musigny, though here the vines face south rather than east on shallow soils. This has a pleasant bouquet, initially quite bashful but gaining intensity in the glass, with crushed stone infusing the dark berry fruit. The palate is medium-bodied, offering sappy red berry fruit, orange peel and a touch of marmalade, and quite grippy toward the back palate. A touch of allspice features on the aftertaste. This should drink nicely over the next two decades. A well-crafted, burly Echézeaux. Drinking range: 2022 - 2042 Rating: 92-94 Neal Martin, www.vinous.com (Jan 2019)
Red berry fruits on the nose. This is elegant and stream across the palate. I like the freshness and brightness and fine line. Pure onto the finish. Peppercorn. It has a lively long bite.. It is a fine and bright terroir. It’s a good idea to put the lieut dit on the label, as you expect it to be a high toned and lighter expression of Echezeaux. Rating: 18.85 Sarah Marsh MW, The Burgundy Briefing (Dec 2018)
Planted in 1970, this parcel is located on white limestone-dominated soils and always produces a very mineral style of Échézeaux: light, aromatic and charming with fine-boned tannins and well-handled oak, 40% new. A green harvest was done here in 2017 to restrict yields after the 2016 frost. Drinking range: 2023 - 2030 Rating: 94 Tim Atkin MW - Decanter (Nov 2018)
Domaine Faiveley
The Faiveley family are the largest vineyard owners in Burgundy, owning around 120ha, spread across the Côtes de Nuits, Beaune and Chalonnaise and encompassing everything from generic Bourgogne up to the grandest of Grand Crus. Their holdings supply the grapes for 5 out of every 6 bottles made by Faiveley, the balance being bought in from carefully selected contract growers.
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