The 2017 Echezeaux Grand Cru is still very open and expressive despite its recent bottling, bursting from the glass with aromas of smoky cherries, ripe berries, orange rind, dark chocolate and espresso roast. On the palate, it's full-bodied, textural and enveloping, with powdery tannins, lively acids and an ample core of fruit, concluding with a long and perfumed finish.

The 2017 Echézeaux Grand Cru is an equal blend of fruit from Les Quartiers de Nuits and Les Rouges du Bas (usually it consists more of the latter.) It has an exquisite, pure bouquet of small red cherries, kirsch, orange zest and mineral aromas that leap exuberantly from the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin, and the 60% new oak is well integrated. Red fruit dovetails into blacker fruit mixed with allspice and white pepper toward the finish. Superb.

Mid crimson. Lots of relaxed fruit and density. Still embryonic but all the building blocks are there. Rich without being sweet. (JR)