Eugenie Grands Echezeaux Grand Cru 2015 (750ML)

94-96 WA / 93-95 BH

The 2015 Grands Echézeaux Grand Cru has an understated bouquet, less forward than the Echézeaux at first, although with just a few swirls of the glass it unfurls to reveal scents of raspberry, wild strawberry, wet limestone and a faint touch of orange rind. The delineation and the control are superb. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin, the acidity supremely well judged, quite aristocratic as this vineyard should be. Focused armed with impressive mineralité, this might be a Grands Echézeaux from Domaine d'Eugenie that delivers that intangible element of "soul" in the wine. I look forward to re-tasting this once in bottle. - Neal Martin, Wine Advocate

(from a .50 ha parcel with vines that range from 20 to 60 years of age with the average being about 25 years old). A reserved but kaleidoscopically complex nose offers up notes of various dark berries with a genuinely astonishing array of spice and floral elements; you don’t even need to drink this to enjoy it! There is outstanding volume and concentration to the muscular and powerful big-bodied flavors that brim with palate coating dry extract that also helps to buffer the notably firm tannic spine on the hugely long finish. This is an imposing yet admirably graceful effort that should live for decades if you’ve got the patience. - Allen Meadows, Burghound