The 2017 Echézeaux Grand Cru has a well defined bouquet of red and black fruit, the hints of black olive and light undergrowth turning into more tea leaf and bay leaf aromas. The palate is medium-bodied with slightly rustic tannin and a little oaky at the moment, but there is sufficient fruit to subsume the wood. I would just like a little more complexity to show through on the finish, like the Malconsorts.

The 2017 Echezeaux Grand Cru unfurls in the glass with a complex bouquet of sweet red berries, dried flowers, forest floor, orange rind and wood smoke, gently framed by a touch of new oak. On the palate, the wine is medium to full-bodied, satiny and expansive, with juicy acids, a deep but open-knit core and a long, sapid finish. Heavily frosted in 2016, in 2017 Dujac's vines pushed back with a vengeance, and the result is an Echezeaux that emphasizes charm and elegance.