A 2006 Grand Cru with personality — generous red fruit, floral perfume, and a savory streak of game and underbrush. Juicy and expressive, with classic Échezeaux charm and vintage-typical lift. Best enjoyed over the next few years.

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The Wine Advocate | RP 90
Published: Dec 22, 2009

Redolent of game and sweet floral perfume, the Bouchard 2006 Echezeaux comes to the palate with generous, red fruits mingling with underbrush, flowers, and game. This preserves a lip-smacking sense of primary juiciness, and vintage-typical buoyancy that is less common within the Cote de Nuits half of this particular collection. I would anticipate it's being worth following for a half dozen years, perhaps longer.

Director Philippe Prost emphasized the importance of flexible and surgical picking (with a crew numbering upwards of 300) and getting his crop to Bouchard's battery of presses within two hours via a fleet of mini-vans. He insists that relatively little triage was necessary on the domaine vineyards (as opposed to those under contract) and the estate wines are certainly predictably stronger as a group. (I have generally mentioned in the notes that follow which wines are from Bouchard's domaine and which from contract fruit, but have explicitly noted this as part of a wine's description, only if there are two versions of the same appellation within the present portfolio.) The fruit was crushed very gently and the wines racked only once – at 10-14 months, than usual – explains Prost, in order to guard against exposed or drying tannins, a policy which my tastings suggest was generally successful.

Jancisrobinson.com | JR 16
Published: Sep 10, 2010
Drink: 2012-2018

Spicy, yeast extract nose. Some animal notes, Not very pure. Very sweet and thick. Overdone.

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TASTING NOTE: Intense aromas of red fruit and spices entwined with oaky hints. This wine is a perfect marriage of the elegance of its terroir and the power of its Grand Cru standing. Very good ageing potential.

FOOD/WINE PAIRING: Roasts or meat dishes in sauce, medium-flavoured cheeses.

SERVING TEMPERATURE: Between 17C to 18C

AGEING POTENTIAL: 10 years and more

MATURING: 12 to 14 months in French oak, with 45 to 60% new oak.

AGEING: The cellars located in the Bastions of the ancient Chateau de Beaune offer ideal ambient conditions. Thanks to their natural hygrometry and constant temperatures, the Grands Crus enjoy from their first youth an environment that is perfectly adapted to tranquil ageing.

GRAPE VARIETY: Pinot Noir

SOIL OF THE APPELATION: Limestone and clay with stones