2020 Domaine Emmanuel Rouget Echézeaux Grand Cru

The 2020 Echézeaux Grand Cru was picked on September 3 and attained fully 16% alcohol. Exhibiting aromas of jammy berry fruit, licorice, melted chocolate and sweet spices, it's full-bodied, rich and broad-shouldered, with a layered, concentrated core abundantly endowed with tannin and alcohol. Powerful and heady, it's a bit of a monster, though it's more integrated at this stage than the Beaux Monts. As with its 2019 predecessor, it's hard to know where it will go.

The 2020 Echézeaux Grand Cru has a "big", quite ostentatious bouquet with dark cherries, crème de cassis, tinned prune and blueberries. It augurs for a top-heavy palate, though actually I find this better balanced than expected, certainly more so than the Les Beaumonts with veins of blood orange enlivening the quite persistent finish. This should age well in bottle although I would like to see more restraint on the nose.

The 2020 Echézeaux Grand Cru has a "big", quite ostentatious bouquet with dark cherries, crème de cassis, tinned prune and blueberries. It augurs for a top-heavy palate, though actually I find this better balanced than expected, certainly more so than the Les Beaumonts with veins of blood orange enlivening the quite persistent finish. This should age well in bottle although I would like to see more restraint on the nose. 92-94