Echézeaux, Mugneret-Gibourg 2018

The 2018 Echezeaux Grand Cru soars from the glass with a pretty bouquet of cherries, raspberries, smoked duck, cinnamon and rose petals that's framed by a deft touch of new oak and also subtly inflected by the 15% whole clusters that this cuvée saw this year. On the palate, it's full-bodied, velvety and succulent, with an expansive attack, excellent depth at the core and a long, nicely defined finish.

From Les Rouges du Bas (70+ year old vines) and Quartiers de Nuits (50 year old). Picked on the same day and co-fermented, 15% whole bunch which started in 2016 for quantity reasons and has been continued. Fine black fresh colour, some oak on the nose, this sample from a new cask. Re-tasted as a blend. More substance, sweet dark cherry and some ripe raspberry, long and succulent.