Tasted blind at the annual ""Burgfest"" tasting in Beaune. The 2012 Grands Echézeaux Grand Cru has a touch of volatility on the nose that gives the red fruit, raspberry, wild strawberry and pomegranate, a pleasant lift, though it is not as refined as the example from Domaine du Clos Frantin. The palate is medium-bodied with rounded ripe tannin. There is more complexity here than on the nose, fine structure with spice and mineral notes, though it needs to fan out more on the finish. Perhaps that will develop with bottle age?
Neal Martin - 30 October 2015