2005 Echezeaux
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Laurent’s 2005 Echezeaux Vieilles Vignes represents an amalgam of four barrels from four different growers – three representing what Laurent calls the “Jayer selection.” Suggesting almost confectionary aromas and flavors of chocolate-dipped raspberries, this opulent, rich, creamy-textured Pinot offers remarkable clarity, purity and refinement, with subtle up-welling of beef marrow, caramel, and fruit pit bitterness and with prominently salty mineral traces. This is richly-concentrated and persistent in a way that goes beyond most wines of the appellation. My one, slight reservation for the future is a modicum of finishing heat. A Patrick Lesec Selection, Paris Fax 011 33 4 66 37 67 23; Martin Scott Wines, Ltd., Lake Success, NY Tel. (516) 327 0808
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Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
David Schildknecht, Wine Advocate
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(four barrels made, from four different sources, but all old vines from the Jayer family) Deep ruby-red. Medicinal kirsch and flowers on the nose. Dense and sappy in the mouth, with a confectionery, almost exotic sweetness to the black fruit and licorice flavors. This has the liqueur-like quality of Laurent's Suchots and Beaux-Monts, but the wine's intense sweetness is leavened by its firm tannic spine. Still a bit youthfully disjointed today, but offers superb potential. The fruit here was picked with potential alcohol over 13.5%, noted Laurent.