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Echézeaux, Domaine de la Romanée Conti 2010

Tasting Notes

Exuberant and ripe spicy purple fruit also exhibits distinct floral and warm earth nuances that go on to suffuse the rich and finely detailed medium-bodied flavors that possess excellent underlying tension before terminating in a focused, intense and gorgeously long finish. This is pure silk and lace but the really impressive aspect of this wine is just how much depth it has. A sublime knockout, particularly by the usual standards of this wine.

94
Allen Meadows, Burghound.com (49), January 2013

Things really take off with the 2010 Echezeaux, which is a meaningful step up from the earlier wines in this tasting. The 2010 surprises for its size and sheer volume. It boasts phenomenal depth and richness in its intense dark red fruit. The sheer energy and vibrancy of the fruit is remarkable. A huge, explosive finish makes it impossible to resist a second taste. This is a great showing from the Echezeaux, even if the 2010 is notably bigger than is typical for this bottling. The Echezeaux was the last fruit to be picked in 2010. Anticipated maturity: 2020-2040.

93/95
Antonio Galloni, RobertParker.com, December 2011

Barrel Sample:

Exuberantly and ripe spicy purple fruit also exhibits distinct floral and warm earth nuances that go on to suffuse the rich and finely detailed medium-bodied flavors that possess excellent underlying tension before terminating in a focused, intense and gorgeously long finish. This doesn't have the sheer depth of the Corton but it's materially finer and just as persistent. A qualitative choice though I underscore that these are two very different wines as the Corton is overtly if sleekly muscular whereas the Ech is by comparison a wine of finesse.

91/94
Allen Meadows, Burghound.com (45), January 2012
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