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...
There was one more flight, a grand finale to the grandest of DRC tastings. There were two magnums, and they showed what a difference large formats make over time. I had previously commented how the bottles from the 40s and 50s were in that savory phase, and how I felt the 1962 was the peak of the balance between youth and maturity. These magnums recalibrated the equation. The 1938 DRC Echezeaux magnum made me write ‘hey baby,’ but then we both got serious thanks to its great mint and smoke qualities. It was a bit grapy but not in a bad way. It was also spicy in a fun way. It got more brawny over time, but it was 85 years old. And the fill was a touch low, but it didn’t matter. It was still special stuff, especially given the lower fill (95M).
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