Grands Echézeaux, Domaine de la Romanée Conti 2022

The 2022 Grands Échézeaux Grand Cru was, by a small margin, the Domaine de la Romanée-Conti's highest yielding red grand cru, at 43 hectoliters per hectare, a welcome change after tiny crops in recent vintages such as 2021 and 2016. Offering up lifted aromas of ripe red berries, orange zest and spices and framed by toasty new oak, it's full-bodied, ample and layered, with a firmer, more tightly wound profile than the more flamboyant Échézeaux, concluding with a youthfully chewy finish. 2030-2055

No deeper in colour than the Echezeaux, though the nose suggests a greater heart to the Grands Echezeaux compared to its sibling. Haunting, while retaining the hallmark white pepper and spice. Very much more backward, and some dark cherry in the mix whereas the wines to date have been all red fruit. No greater in finesse, just a little more volume – and persistence. Drink from 2034-2050. Tasted May 2025.