Grands Echézeaux, Domaine d'Eugénie 2020

The 2020 Grands Echézeaux Grand Cru includes three-quarters whole cluster fruit. It has a beautifully-defined bouquet with a mixture of red and black fruit, wilted rose petals, incredibly precise and focused. The palate has an unerring symmetry, a fine bead of acidity, precise and crisp, the whole bunch seamlessly integrated with an assiduous sprinkling of white pepper on the finish. This magnificent Grands Echézeaux is very persistent in the mouth and it should be afforded around a decade in bottle to witness it at full flight. Magnificent.

A moderately toasty nose speaks of various dark berries, a variety of floral elements, along with notes of exotic tea, sandalwood and soy. There is excellent volume to the gorgeously textured larger-scaled flavors that also coat the palate with sappy dry extract on the similarly dusty, austere and serious finish. Here too I suggest exercising at least moderate patience. Note: from a .50 ha parcel with vines that range from 20 to 60 years of age with the average being about 25 years old; 75% whole clusters Drink: 2032+