Echezeaux
Grand Cru 2017
Located on a magical slope in the Côte de Nuits, Vosne-Romanée is a veritable point of reference.
Origin
Located on a magical slope in the Côte de Nuits, Vosne-Romanée is a veritable point of reference. The village of Vosne-Romanée in the Côte de Nuits counts 68 ha of Grands Crus vineyards, and produces multi-faceted wines, proving once again that terroir plays an instrumental role. From the north to the south, Vosne dazzles us with the diversity of its terroirs. In the northern part of the appellation, the 30 ha Echézeaux vineyard offers an infinite variety of styles of wine. The vines higher up the slope grow in a hard limestone base which produces elegant wines. Lower down, the soil is deeper, producing wines that are more powerful.
Our Echezeaux comes from a lieu-dit called "Les Treux", located in the lower part of the appellation and near the Grands-Echezeaux.
Viticulture
Grape variety: pinot noir
Soils: marly soil with a stony surface
Orientation: South-East
Surface area under vine: 0.30 ha
Pruning: Guyot system
Average age of the vines: 60 years old.
Vinification
Harvest date: 14 September 2017.
The grapes were sorted a first time in the vineyard and a second time on the sorting table when they arrived at the winery.
At the winery: the grapes were 100% destemmed but not crushed (they were left whole) and were gravity-fed into tanks. Maceration lasted a total of 25 days including 8 days of cold maceration (12°C). Fermentation used indigenous yeasts only (no additives such as enzymes or tannins were used).4 punchings of the cap.
Ageing
Maturation: aged on the lees for 18 months with no racking using a proportion of 50% new French oak barrels.
Barrels: French oak barrels that had been toasted at low temperatures for a long time for very delicate oaking.
Bottling
Bottling: The wine was gently filtered before being bottled in April 2019 by gravity.
Number of bottles: 605.
Vintage
2017, finesse
The growing cycle was thrown off-kilter by a very cold winter, late spring frost, then optimal conditions for rapid flowering, sporadic hail, and summer drought. Harvesting began in early September in the sun, and after several lean years, the vines finally produced abundant grapes, although with significant differences in maturity between whites and reds and from one region to another, which called for strict sorting.
Ageing potential: 11 years and more.
Tasting notes
With its beautiful ruby color, this wine develops a powerful nose of small black fruits and wild flowers, as well as some chocolate and spicy aromas. A wine with elegance, very fine tannins.
