1971 Grands Echezeaux
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I have been fortunate to taste the 1971 Grands Echézeaux four times now (always a privilege when it is your birth year). This 1971 bottle is as good as the best I have come across despite some turbidity in the glass. Yet the bouquet is divine and ethereal with vestiges of red cherry and strawberry, wild heather (again - just like previous bottles) and pressed flowers. The palate is fully mature with tart red fruit, brown spice and that telltale sense of transparency towards the finish. It is not a dense or powerful wine and I suspect it was better around 20 years of age. But it has aged gracefully and maintained such exceptional balance and poise that you cannot help surrendering to its charms. Tasted at a private lunch at Howard's Gourmet.
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Neal Martin
Jancis Robinson MW
Altre recensioni e punteggi
The 1971 Grands Echézeaux Grand Cru is a wine that I have tasted a handful of times; this a vintage where the wines excelled (not until 1978 was that the case again). Here the bottle was similar in color to previous encounters with quite a broad degradation. The bouquet is fresh and lively with that brambly red fruit, orange peel and wild heather (yes - I wrote exactly the same descriptors as last time without any previous recall!). The palate conveys wonderful energy, a purring motor here, poised and transparent. It gently unfolds—such a nuanced Grands Echézeaux that paradoxically leaves a deep impression. Outstanding. Tasted December 2016.
Informazioni sul produttore
Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, o semplicemente "DRC", è senza dubbio la tenuta più famosa della Borgogna e uno dei produttori più rinomati al mondo. Il vigneto Grand Cru da cui prende il nome produce il vino più costoso al mondo, di gran lunga.