Louis Jadot Grand Echezeaux 2006

For viticultural purposes, the adjacent communes of Vosne-Romanee and Flagey-Echezeaux are considered to be one. At the very center of the Cote de Nuits, Flagey-Echezeaux is bordered by Chambolle-Musigny on the north and Clos-Vougeot on the north and east; adjoining Flagey to the south, Vosne-Romanee is bordered on its own southern edge by Nuits-Saint-Georges. The two communes wrap around a contiguous slope of southeast and east exposure, in Vosne, to an east and northeast exposure in Flagey. Taken separately, Vosne- Romanee covers 388 acres and Flagey-Echezeaux 177 acres, but all the read more...village level and premier cru vineyards of the latter fall under the Vosne-Romanee and Vosne-Romanee Premier Cru appellations; only the grands crus of Flagey-Echezeaux bear the commune name. Thus, of the 243 acres of Vosne-Romanee village vineyards, 210 lie in Vosne and 33 lie in Flagey. The fourteen premier cru vineyards cover just over 141 acres: eleven of these are in Vosne, two are in Flagey, and one is split between the two, with total acreage of 113 and 28 acres, respectively, in each commune. Between Vosne-Romanee and Flagey-Echezeaux there are seven grands crus, arguably the greatest of the Cote d'Or, whose names are synonymous with rarity and costliness. La Tache, a vineyard of 14.98 acres, Romanee- Conti, with 4.46 acres, and La Romanee, a tiny parcel of 2.09 acres, all lie in Vosne-Romanee and are all solely-owned vineyards of single proprietors who have long produced and commercialized the totality of their production. Le Richebourg, covering 20 acres, and Romanee-Saint-Vivant, with 23 are in Vosne-Romanee, and are separated from the Flagey-Echeaux border by the premier cru of Les Suchots. Grands-Echezeaux and Echezeaux are in Flagey-Echezeaux and cover, respectively, 22.5 and 93 acres. While Grands-Echezeaux is a single climat, Echezeaux covers eleven vineyard sites clustered around Grands- Echezeaux. Grands-Echezeaux may take the Echezeaux appellation, but not vice-versa. Echezeaux is slightly less concentrated and complex than Grands-Echezeaux, and in contrast to the elegant grands crus in neighboring Vosne-Romanee, more robust. Domaine Louis Jadot is proprietor of .86 acres in Echezeaux purchased in 1995 which yields an intense, full and complex wine full of rich, ripe berry flavors and earthy, woodsy overtones. The finish is long and distinctive. Medium red. Sweet aromas of maraschino cherry and leather. In a distinctly sweet, easygoing style, offering creamy red fruit and spice flavors and considerable fat. Conveys a low-acid impression and is likely to offer early sex appeal. The sappy, sweet finish is captivating. -International Wine Cellar 90-93    (hide)

October 2008

International Wine Cellar rating: 93

Between Vosne-Romanee and Flagey-Echezeaux there are seven grands crus, arguably the greatest of the Cote d'Or, whose names are synonymous with rarity and costliness. La Tache, a vineyard of 14.98 acres, Romanee- Conti, with 4.46 acres, and La Romanee, a tiny parcel of 2.09 acres, all lie in Vosne-Romanee and are all solely-owned vineyards of single proprietors who have long produced and commercialized the totality of their production. Le Richebourg, covering 20 acres, and Romanee-Saint-Vivant, with 23 are in Vosne-Romanee, and are separated from the Flagey-Echeaux border by the read more...premier cru of Les Suchots. Grands-Echezeaux and Echezeaux are in Flagey-Echezeaux and cover, respectively, 22.5 and 93 acres. While Grands-Echezeaux is a single climat, Echezeaux covers eleven vineyard sites clustered around Grands- Echezeaux. Grands-Echezeaux may take the Echezeaux appellation, but not vice-versa. Grands- Echezeaux borders Clos Vougeot along its west, and despite the proximity of vineyards known for the delicacy of their wines, it is typically a big, powerful wine. Maison Louis Jadot vinified the production of vineyards in the commune to yield a wine of considerable dimension, with intense berry flavors and an aromatic bouquet brought together in a full, complex structure of great balance and completeness. Medium red. Knockout nose is sauvage and noble at the same time, combining wild red berries, dried flowers and minerals. Suave on entry, then perfumed and sharply delineated in the middle palate, with enticing mineral and floral notes giving the berry flavors superb lift. Finishes very long and aromatic, with terrific spicy length. Very cerebral wine, as good a sample of a wine not vinified by Lardiere as I tasted here in November. Lardiere told me Jadot began buying from a second supplier of Grands-Echezeaux in 2003, and this estate uses Jadot's barrels. (Readers may recall that the 2003 Grands-Echezeaux was a knockout.) -International Wine Cellar 91-94    (hide)

October 2008

Medium red. Sweet aromas of maraschino cherry and leather. In a distinctly sweet, easygoing style, offering creamy red fruit and spice flavors and considerable fat. Conveys a low-acid impression and is likely to offer early sex appeal. The sappy, sweet finish is captivating. -International Wine Cellar 90-93

Medium red. Knockout nose is sauvage and noble at the same time, combining wild red berries, dried flowers and minerals. Suave on entry, then perfumed and sharply delineated in the middle palate, with enticing mineral and floral notes giving the berry flavors superb lift. Finishes very long and aromatic, with terrific spicy length. Very cerebral wine, as good a sample of a wine not vinified by Lardiere as I tasted here in November. Lardiere told me Jadot began buying from a second supplier of Grands-Echezeaux in 2003, and this estate uses Jadot's barrels. (Readers may recall that the 2003 read more...Grands-Echezeaux was a knockout.) -International Wine Cellar 91-94    (hide)

International Wine Cellar rating: 94