DRC Grands Echezeaux 2019 750mL (Scuffed Label)

The 2019 Grands Echezeaux Grand Cru is more reserved than the Echezeaux, even if it's far from forbidding. Mingling aromas of blackberries and raspberries with notions of exotic spices, orange rind, smoked duck and forest floor, it's full-bodied, rich and concentrated, with broad structural shoulders supplied by ripe, powdery tannins. Layered and muscular, it's remarkably seamless and integrated at this early stage, concluding with a long, sapid finish." - The Wine Advocate, RP96 (WK), tasted 1/2022