Dujac Echezeaux 2014 (750ML)

92-94 WA / 94 BH / 93+ VM

“The 2014 Echézeaux Grand Cru has a clean, precise bouquet, quite broody and introspective, a subtle marine influence infusing the black and red fruit. The palate is medium-bodied with crisp acidity, chalky tannin, tightly wound with a strict, saline finish that leaves the mouth tingling long after it has departed. This is a classy, quite sophisticated Echézeaux in the making, one that should be at the upper end of my banded score with requisite bottle age ” — Neal Martin, Wine Advocate

Tasting note: An openly spicy and floral nose is more deeply pitched with its combination of black cherry, dark currant and sandalwood wisps. There is excellent power and punch to the middle weight plus flavors that retain a really lovely sense of detail while exhibiting excellent depth and length on the austere, serious and built-to-age finale. Note that this too is going to need time before it realizes its full and considerable potential.— Allen Meadows, Burghound

Medium red. Alluring perfume of blueberry, dried rose, white pepper and leather, lifted by a minty high note. Plush and dense but vibrant too, with the flavors of berries and earth complicated by exotic spices. Fleshy and saline but I also find more energy here than in the young 2015. Finishes youthful and long, with excellent sappy grip. Superb. Stephen Tanzer - Vinous Media