2015 Echezeaux

(from the lieu-dit En Orveaux): Full red with ruby tones. Sexy, slightly high-toned aromas of red raspberry and smoked meat, plus a whiff of cooked strawberry that Charlopin says is typical of this cool site, which he picks ten days after his Clos Vougeot. Fine-grained and surprisingly sappy on the palate, showing terrific depth to its raspberry and saline mineral flavors. Finishes with savory tannins and excellent lingering sweetness. As much red- as black-fruit in style, this soil-driven wine really stains the palate.

(from En Orveaux). Mild reduction doesn’t completely mask the background aromas of floral and spice nuances. There is both good richness and a lovely sense of energy to the refined and seductive middle weight flavors that possess good but not exceptional depth and length. On the plus side there is fine underlying material and this may very well develop more complexity than I imagine and if it does, my preliminary range may be too conservative. Dec 2016, www.burghound.com

The 2015 Echezeaux Grand Cru comes from 0.33 hectares of vine planted back in the 1920s in En Orveaux. I could not find the focus on the nose here, a bit disjointed at the moment, needing more direction. The palate is a little hard on the entry with a slightly smudged finish that does not appeal. I will not evaluate this now, as it seemed out of sorts. Dec 2016, www.robertparker.com