2012 Echezeaux
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(tasted from tank): Good deep red. Ripe aromas of cherry and sweet raspberry. Supple and quite dry, with a slightly medicinal quality and a hint of leather. There's a slightly underripe/overripe quality here and a dry edge to the tannins that suggests quick ripening at the end. A puzzling showing today: seems to be missing something in the middle palate.
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Neal Martin
The Wine Advocate
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From tank. 50% new oak. Blackish ruby. Round and sweet. Quite rich and very delicious underneath. Hugely hedonistic. Yummy. Very lip smacking. Fresh too. Everything – fruit, acid and tannin – exactly comme il faut . (JR)
The 2012 Echezeaux Grand Cru was taken from stainless steel vat. It has a deep, inward looking nose that loses its bashfulness in the glass, offering tempting scents of mulberry, raspberry and damp soil. The palate is medium-bodied with a succulent, rounded entry. This feels fleshy in the mouth with black moving to red fruits towards the finish. This is a very respectable Echezeaux that should age extremely well. After modest success with her 2011s, it was great to come back to this domaine to find eternally youthful pixie-like Anne Gros back on form with a gaggle of gorgeous 2012s. Anne, the cousin of Bernard, Michel and Anne-Francoise, is one of the most conscientious winemakers I know, somebody who lives for her family, whether that is her three children or her vines. She exacts a meticulous picking, which in 2012 commenced on 21 September and lasted over three weeks until the 15 October up in her “Hautes Cotes” vines. I have written several times about this domaine, which I visited on my first Burgundy trip back in 1997. They have a slightly modern sheen like her cousin Bernard Gros, but here they are slightly more nuanced and terroir-driven. Quantities are small and sought after, and in 2012 her piece de resistance might not be the Richebourg, rather one of the best Clos de Vougeot wines of the vintage. But do not ignore either her excellent Hautes Cotes de Nuits white or red (or indeed her superb joint venture with partner Jean-Paul Tollot down in sunny Minnervois.) Importers: various importers (go to http://www.anne-gros.com/en/in-the-world.html) and several importers in both the US and UK.
The 2012 Echezeaux Grand Cru was taken from stainless steel vat. It has a deep, inward looking nose that loses its bashfulness in the glass, offering tempting scents of mulberry, raspberry and damp soil. The palate is medium-bodied with a succulent, rounded entry. This feels fleshy in the mouth with black moving to red fruits towards the finish. This is a very respectable Echezeaux that should age extremely well. Dec 2013, www.robertparker.com
About the producer
Domaine Anne Gros is a popular estate situated in the village of Vosne-Romanée whose top bottlings include three Grands Crus – Clos Vougeot, Echézeaux and Richebourg.