2016 Echezeaux En Orveaux
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(the crop level here was reportedly barely ten hectoliters per hectare): Deep red-ruby. Purple fruits and pepper on the refined but very reticent nose. Very dry and firm, with its boysenberry, blackberry and spice flavors showing modest flesh. Finishes with substantial tongue-coating tannins. One can clearly appreciate the terroir here--and it's a distinctly Chambolle style of Echézeaux--but will this savory wine ever really expand and gain in pliancy?
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Julia Harding MW, jancisrobinson.com
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
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Cask sample. Used to be called just Échezeaux. 0.8 ha and only three barrels because of the frost. I wondered if there was very slight TCA here but the sample was sealed with Diam. Winemaker Jérôme Flous says I am probably tasting the stress as this parcel was badly frosted. Light to mid cherry red. A little bit dry on the palate, a bit lean. Amazing they could produce anything good after the frost like this. (JH)
About the producer
Domaine Faiveley is one of Burgundy’s most important wine producers. The family-owned estate, now in the hands of the seventh generation, is one of the largest in the region, with significant holdings in both the Côte d’Or and the Côte Chalonnaise.