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    1 054
  • Producer ranking ?

    200
  • Decanting time

    3h
  • When to drink

    now to 2035
  • Food Pairing

    Roast lamb served medium-rare to well-done

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The Story

The wine-growing village of Flagey-Échezeaux lies in the " Plain ", so-called, between Vougeot and Vosne-Romanée in the Côte de Nuits. Facing east, the Grands-Échezeaux vines are a prolongation of Musigny following the North-South axis of the Côte, but more regular and less broken in their layout. At the bottom end, the " Climat " known as La Combe d'Orveau separates them from Musigny. The Échezeaux vineyards, for their part, divide the Clos d...

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Wine Information

Parker - The 2012 Echezeaux Grand Cru was picked on September 29 and 30 and blended with 70% stems. It is deep ruby in color. The nose is aromatic silk, sporting luscious red currant and wild strawberry fruit, subtle scents of dried flowers unfurling with modest encouragement. The palate is medium-bodied and extraordinary pure, an omen for the wines that followed. There is heavenly weightlessness to this grand cru, elegant and poised with supe...

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Vintage 2012

2012 was beset by unusual weather that didn’t spare the vines! A mild winter, spring-like March, cool spring with frosts, summer-like May, cooler, wetter June, a variable summer with heatwaves, hail and storms… Because of the cold damp spring, some of the vine flowers didn’t set and form fruit, there was millerandage (where the flowers aren’t fully fertilised and give small berries) and high pressure from mildew and odium. Temperatures went ri...

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Good deep red. Sexy aroma of raspberry, orange blossom, Oriental spices, minerals, mulch and lightly vegetal herbs. Juicy, spicy and sharply delineated; tighter and more youthfully imploded than the Corton but quite pure. Finishes with firm tannins and a peppery element that gives the finish a slight tart edge in the early going

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I adored the 2012 Echézeaux Grand Cru from barrel and I adore it from bottle. Picked on September 29-30 at 22 hectoliters per hectare, those explosive aromatics from barrel are replicated here with bright red cherries, kirsch and rose petals, all beautifully defined and imbued with a sense of exuberance. The palate is medium-bodied with supple ripe tannin, a dash of white pepper on the tip of the tongue and a beautifully poised, elegant finish. This is an Echézeaux determined to be above its station. Wonderful.

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Origin

Vosne-Romanée, Burgundy

Vintage Quality

Above Average

Value For Money

Unsatisfactory

Investment potential

Below Average

Fake factory

None

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Bâtard-Montrachet

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Corton Grand Cru

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La Romanée-Conti Grand Cru

La Tâche

Les Gaudichots

Marc

Montrachet

Richebourg

Romanée Conti

Romanee Saint Vivant

Vosne Romanée

Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Cuvée Duvault Blochet

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