2005 Domaine Louis Jadot, Grands Echezeaux Grand Cru 1x750ml

Robert Parker 91-93

The 2005 Grands-Echezeaux offers tart, slightly bitter black raspberry fruit, deep meatiness and a marrow-like richness, a creamy texture almost paradoxically accompanying persistent, invigorating brightness of fresh fruit, and a long, intense finish that preserves the refinement present in the Echezeaux but adds weight. This is another instance of sublimated tannins, although my intuition is that there is no lack of structure buried beneath the surface and that a decade or more of cellaring would be warranted. [David Schildknecht, 06/01/2007]