ÉCHEZEAUX
2018 Les Loachausses Grand Cru Domaine Anne Gros
| Grapes | Pinot Noir |
| Colour | Red |
| Origin | France, Burgundy |
| District | Côte d'Or |
| Sub-district | Côte de Nuits |
| Village | Vosne Romanée |
| Classification | Grand Cru |
| ABV | 13.5% |
| Vineyard | Échezeaux |
A feel of gycerine viscosity like a liqueur, rich and fatly supple. Very fine ripe tannins giving huge volume, all silky-textured with sweet red and black fruit - so civilised and easy to taste in a gorgeous balance. L&S (Nov 2019)
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(from a .76 ha parcel, which is about 30% of the total climat). There is enough reduction present to mask the underlying fruit though discreet spice elements can be discerned. As one would expect, there is notably more size, weight and power to the broad-shouldered flavors that also display a somewhat dry and short finish. The supporting tannins seem ripe though at present they’re fairly grippy. This too presents a question mark. Drinking range: 2027 - Rating: 88-91 Allen Meadows, www.Burghound.com (Jan 2020)
The 2018 Echézeaux Grand Cru has a clean, refreshing bouquet of lifted red cherry and cranberry fruit, nicely defined with well-integrated oak (40%). The medium-bodied palate shows fine-grained tannins. Quite "transparent" and offers good density toward the mineral-driven finish. Excellent. Drinking range: 2022 - 2048 Rating: 91-93 Neal Martin, www.vinous.com (Jan 2020)
Domaine Anne Gros
Anne Gros joined her father François at the family domaine in Vosne Romanée in 1988, having given up her arts studies in favour of viticulture and oenology at Beaune and Dijon, and has run the domaine alone since 1995. The Domaine now has 6.5 hectares of Pinot and Chardonnay. Anne describes herself as being 'wary of certainties and keen to preserve her freedom'.
In the vineyards Anne practises viticulture influenced by organic and biodynamic principles, and the vineyards are ploughed and fertilised with compost, but although she believes that the long-term health of the vineyards are best preserved by such methods, she likes to maintain the freedom to use conventional treatments when necessary.
In the cellar, the wines are classically made, in cement tanks for the reds, and stainless steel for the whites. They are then are aged in barrel for up to fifteen months, with 80% new wood for the grand crus, 50% for the village wines and 30% for the regional wines. Anne is quietly meticulous and almost obsessive about cleanliness in her cellar, which perhaps is reflected in the delicacy and restrained tension in her wines, which have aromatic clarity, limpid precision, sheer joie de vivre, lively balance and persistence.
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2014 VOSNE ROMANÉE Champs Perdrix Domaine Christophe Perrot-Minot
Côte d'Or Burgundy France 13% Red
Pinot Noir.
Fat and saline. Really good body and weight, but it's the level of savoury salinity that is surprising. Very supple tannins, making it both lush and graceful.
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2017 CÔTES DE NUITS VILLAGES Les Vignottes Domaine Jean-Jacques Confuron
Côte d'Or Burgundy France 13% Red
Pinot Noir.
Here too the nose is mildly reduced though the underlying herbal tea-inflected fruit seems fresh. The palate impression of the lighter weight flavors is sleek and bright along with ample minerality that emerges on the sl...(read more)
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