2010 Echezeaux
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(vinified with 30% whole clusters): Bright medium red. Lovely spicy lift to the aromas of black cherry, redcurrant, licorice, mint and pepper. Pure but youthfully reserved, with lovely intensity and aromatic lift to the flavors of red fruits and spices; markedly different in style from the other 2010s here. The most energetic and high-pitched of these wines--the least smoky and earthy--finishing with fine, dusty tannins and excellent length and verve. I like the clarifying effect of the stems here.
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Antonio Galloni, Vinous
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
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The 2010 Echezeaux du-Dessus is a totally seamless wine. Dark red berries, crushed flowers and spices are some of the notes that are woven together on a fabric of nearly indescribable elegance. The Echezeaux doesn’t quite have the delineation or energy of the Chapelle, but it more than makes up for that with its superb integrity and the sheer luxuriousness of its fruit. This is yet another dazzling effort from Cecile Tremblay. Anticipated maturity: 2020-2030. Cecile Tremblay started harvesting on September 21. Like all of her colleagues, Tremblay suffered losses of 30-40% of her crop because of the weather conditions in 2010. Tremblay used 30% stems of the Echezeaux, but destemmed the fruit for all of her other wines as she didn’t feel the stems were fully ripe. As always, the approach to winemaking is pretty stripped down to the bare essentials. The wines age on their lees with no rackings until they are prepared for bottling. Lastly, nearly everything you read about Cecile Tremblay makes mention that she is the grand-niece of Henri Jayer. While that fact is interesting from a historical perspective and explains the source of her holdings, it doesn’t make her wines good or bad. Frankly, these wines don’t need to stand on anyone else’s reputation. They are exceptional in their own right. I also tasted the 2010 Vosne-Romanee Les Rouges du Dessus, a highly promising wine that was still finishing its malolactic fermentation in November 2011 and was therefore hard to read. Importer: Peter Weygandt, Unionville, PA; tel. (610) 486-0800
The 2010 Echezeaux du-Dessus is a totally seamless wine. Dark red berries, crushed flowers and spices are some of the notes that are woven together on a fabric of nearly indescribable elegance. The Echezeaux doesn’t quite have the delineation or energy of the Chapelle, but it more than makes up for that with its superb integrity and the sheer luxuriousness of its fruit. This is yet another dazzling effort from Cecile Tremblay. Anticipated maturity: 2020-2030. Feb 2012, www.robertparker.com