Grands Echézeaux, Domaine d'Eugénie 2021

The 2021 Grands Echézeaux Grand Cru was made with 75% whole clusters this year. This is a tangible level up from the Echézeaux with vivacious dark cherry and blackcurrant fruit, much more in terms of concentration and delineation. The palate is medium-bodied with finely-chiselled tannins that frame the pure, very saline fruit. Energetic and animated on the finish. This has serious potential. Superb.

75% whole bunch vinification, aged in three new barrels out of five. A rich full deep purple. There is a wealth of fruit on the nose but it hasn’t quiet decided on its direction. More soft than precise at this point. Rich, plums, raspberry strawberry, then the tannins reassert themselves a little at the back. The fruit swells once again, but the various constituent parts have not quite come together. There is more coming back behind, but I have opted to score conservatively at this stage. Drink from 2030-2038.