Domaine d'Eugénie Grands Echezeaux 2022

The 2022 Grands Echézeaux Grand Cru also includes 80% whole bunches this year and the stems here are seamlessly integrated into the black fruit. Fine mineralité and focus, touches of flint emerging with time, a pinch of iris flower. On the second tasting, a month later, the aromatics come across more nuanced and complex. The palate is medium-bodied with sapid black fruit, crushed stone and a hint of liquorice in the background. Quite a "serious" Grands Echézeaux, the second tasting a month after the first reveals more Pinoté and pixelation on the finish, also the tannins less obdurate and more filigree. It will require several years in bottle but it is a well-crafted Grands Echézeaux.

By Neal Martin November 2023