2014 Louis Jadot Echézeaux Grand Cru
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Medium red; not a dark 2014. Pungent, soil-inflected aromas of strawberry, raspberry, pomegranate, spices, dried rose, resiny minty herbs and minerals, with spice and orange zest topnotes. Wonderfully dense and light on its feet. Utterly fine-grained, suave and delineated grand cru with great inner-mouth perfume and saline minerality to its flavors of raspberry, red cherry, spices, flowers and minerals. Classically dry Echézeaux with great class, energy and finesse, and not particularly backward. Stains the mouth with perfume on the firmly tannic, tactile, rising aftertaste. All in finesse, and hinting at the tart red berries (cranberry and pomegranate) of the year. Delivers the energy of the vintage in spades. This has been a splendid cuvée in recent vintages.
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Julia Harding MW, jancisrobinson.com
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
More reviews and scores
(from Les Rouges du Bas): Bright medium red. Ineffable perfume of raspberry, cassis, rose petal, brown spices and minerals. Utterly suave, seamless wine with outstanding energy and saline minerality to its intense flavors of red fruits, spices and flowers. Finishes with refined tannins and outstanding floral lift and length. A spectacular Echézeaux. When I mentioned to Barnier that this cuvée , the Clos Saint-Denis and the Clos de Bèze are virtually always sensational, he responded that they are "happy to be in our cellar."
The 2014 Echézeaux Grand Cru has a tightly-wound, tart red cherry bouquet that needs to forage more complexity during élevage. It seems a little...lackadaisical at the moment. The palate is quite masculine with slightly dry tannin, firm in the mouth with good density, yet it needs to show more precision and focus on the finish. Not bad, but perhaps surpassed by some of Jadot's Vosne Premier crus this year.
More severe than the Corton Pougets but equally embryonic. Just a little lean in the middle but likely to be elegant if not deeply satisfying. (JH)
About the producer
Louis Jadot is arguably the most consistent négociant house in Burgundy. It has managed to straddle both the entry-level and fine wine market, while retaining respect in both.