Bursting with aromas of sweet cherries, red berries and plums mingled with sweet spices, orange zest and rose petals, the 2021 Echézeaux Grand Cru (Domaine Louis Jadot) is medium to full-bodied, ample and fleshy, with a seamless, complete profile, capturing all the charm of the vintage.
Unfurling in the glass with aromas of cherries, mulberries and summer fruit compote mingled with sweet spices and dark chocolate, the 2020 Echézeaux Grand Cru (Domaine Louis Jadot) is full-bodied, ample and seamless, with a suave, enveloping profile, succulent acids and a long, saline finish. It certainly has fleshed out nicely since I last encountered it in barrel.
The palate is medium-bodied, burly and intense with an almost “heaving” structure that grips the palate, all with utmost finesse. Fist, velvet glove, etc…. it’s all here.
There is a lovely sense of both freshness and tension to the colossally constituted flavors that drench the palate with sap that once again renders the notably firm tannic spine all but invisible for the moment on the impressively persistent if slightly warm finish.
Bright, full red. Dark berry aromas are dominated in the early going by a strong note of licorice pastille.