(92-94) Vinous
Drinking Window 2028 - 2045
The 2022 Echézeaux En Orveaux Grand Cru has a very satisfying bouquet, beautifully defined, with lifted brambly red fruit, sous-bois and incense aromas. The palate is well delineated and linear in style, with gentle grip. Perhaps it just requires a tad more flesh on the finish, but I feel this is only because this Echézeaux is a bit closed at the moment. Good potential—patience required. Tasted at merchants' 2022 Burgundy tastings in London. - By Neal Martin on January 2024

The cellar for this estate is located in Vougeot and managed by Christian and his wife, Isabelle. The vineyards comprise 6 hectares located in Morey-St.-Denis, ChambolleMusigny, Vosne-Romanée, and Vougeot. Christian and Isabelle believe that great wine is made from the best grapes, so they focus their attention on cultivating top quality fruit in the vineyard. There is no use of herbicides, insecticides, or chemical treatments or fertilizers; their goal is to practice responsible viticulture. The grapes are meticulously scrutinized in the vineyard when picked and on the sorting table with only the best fruit kept.

Pigeages and pump-overs are kept at a minimum to allow the terroir to express itself in the wines. For maturation, the process is slow with aging in barrel between eighteen to twenty months and a maximum of 50% new oak used for the Échézeaux Grand Cru and Vougeot 1er Cru ‘Les Petits Vougeots’. The goal with the winemaking is to let the vineyard speak through in the wine. The Échézeaux Grand Cru, all from the lieu-dit ‘En Orveau’ is a mineral-styled expression of the appellation, supple, finely-structured and long on the palate. .