2011 Domaine Frédéric Magnien Echézeaux Grand Cru

Good deep red. Sweet oak and caramel dominate the nose. Rich, tactile and broad but in a rather tired phase today (this has been racked twice) and hard to taste with confidence. Finishes quite oaky, with a mouthful of tannins. (My sample of the Vosne-Romanee Les Suchots was lean and peppery, lacking the sweetness of most of these 2011s; it, too, showed drying wood tannins. I'll wait to taste this latter wine from the bottle.)