Echezeaux "En Orveaux" Grand Cru
2021
$591.50*
Out of stock
Founded in 1825, Domaine Faiveley is one of Burgundy's greatest domaines. Originally the company was a classic negotiant business, based in Nuits St. Georges and engaged in the buying and selling of wine but not the production of it. After seven generations of steadily acquiring properties throughout the Cotes de Nuits, the Cotes de Beaune, Cotes Chalonnaise and now Chablis, the Faiveley family have established themselves as the most important vineyard owners in Burgundy, with 125 hectares of...
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A much spicier mix features notes of both red and dark pinot fruit, rose petal and a whiff of exotic tea. The suave, rich and enveloping medium-bodied flavors still manage to be nicely precise while delivering solid if not exceptional depth and persistence on the bitter pit fruit-inflected finish.
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The 2021 Echézeaux En Orveau Grand Cru comes from a parcel on the south-facing slope and includes some stem addition. It is fragrant on the nose with hints of white pepper and bay leaf embroidered into the lifted red fruit. Quite complex and focused. The palate is medium-bodied with a fresh, almost citrus-like entry, a little bony towards the finish but with more persistence than the Clos Vougeo
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Wafting from the glass with aromas of red berries, plums, sweet spices and orange rind, the 2021 Echézeaux En Orveaux Grand Cru is medium to full-bodied, ample and fleshy, with a broad attack and a supple, enveloping mid-palate. Faiveley pruned late here and was rewarded by a creditable yield of 35 hectoliters per hectare
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