2010 Grands Echezeaux
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Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
Allen Meadows, Burghound
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The 2010 Grands-Echézeaux is a beautifully pointed, expressive wine. The Grands-Echézeaux is all about detail and nuance. Freshly cut flowers, mint and spices are some of the notes that add complexity to the fruit in this articulate, chiseled Burgundy. Layers of crystalline minerality support the fruit through to the wiry, tense finish. This is a wine with considerable potential.
The 2010 Grands-Echezeaux is a beautifully pointed, expressive wine. The Grands-Echezeaux is all about detail and nuance. Freshly cut flowers, mint and spices are some of the notes that add complexity to the fruit in this articulate, chiseled Burgundy. Layers of crystalline minerality support the fruit through to the wiry, tense finish. This is a wine with considerable potential. Anticipated maturity: 2020-2040. This is an impressive showing from Drouhin. In my view the 2010s are more interesting and transparent than the 2009s. Veronique Drouhin describes 2010 as a vintage with long-term aging potential, which certainly seems to be the case. Some of the wines were vinified with a portion of whole clusters, including the Corton-Bressandes, Petits-Monts, Charmes and Musigny. Importer: Dreyfus Ashby & Co., New York, NY; tel. (212) 818-0770
About the producer
Joseph Drouhin is one of the largest and most famous producers in Burgundy, making both domaine and négociant wines. It remains family-owned and run, now in the hands of the fourth generation.