Echezeaux Grand Cru

Specification

Producer

Domaine Emmanuel Rouget

Region

Burgundy

Where

Flagey-Échezeaux, Burgundy

Classification

Grand Cru

Grapes

Pinot Noir

Vintage

2004

Case

75cl

Held at

Wine Tunnels, London City Bond (in bond)

Code

DOMEMM041X75

About this wine

Échezeaux is a large grand cru on the slopes above the Clos de Vougeot, in the commune of Flagey-Échezeaux and adjoining Vosne-Romanée. Its Pinot Noir varies with the site within the vineyard but is typically perfumed and elegant, with red and dark fruit and fine tannins. Rouget's Échezeaux, made in the Jayer tradition, combines ripeness with purity and ages well for fifteen years or more.

About Domaine Emmanuel Rouget

Domaine Emmanuel Rouget is based in Flagey-Échezeaux and is closely linked to Henri Jayer, Emmanuel Rouget's uncle and one of the most influential Burgundy growers of the twentieth century. Rouget worked alongside Jayer and took over the farming of many of his vines as Jayer stepped back, continuing to make wine under his guidance.

The domaine's holdings include parcels in Échezeaux and in the Vosne-Romanée premier cru Cros Parantoux, the vineyard Jayer famously replanted. The wines follow Jayer's approach of ripe, carefully sorted fruit, a cool pre-fermentation maceration and new oak, giving Pinot Noir of depth and perfume. Production is small and the wines are scarce.