DRC Grands Echezeaux 2012 750mL

The 2012 Grands Ech�zeaux was picked on September 22, 24 and 25, at 27 hectoliters per hectare. Compared to the Ech�zeaux the nose is more demure, perhaps more refined, does not feel the urge to 'put it all out' as it were. Reticent is the word - yet the precision and delineation is undeniable. The palate is medium-bodied with very supple tannin, here a mixture of red and black fruit, a little broodier and more introspective than its 'cousin' but with greater persistence in the mouth. It unfurls on the finish: hints of dry tobacco and cedar, leaving you with the impression of a 'masculine' Grands Ech�zeaux, one built for the long haul. - Robert Parker (NM), tasted (2/2015)