Domaine de la Romanée Conti, Echezeaux Grand Cru 2002

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Reviewed by: Lisa Perrotti-Brown

This wine needed a few minutes and some swirling before it began in blossom into a pretty floral and fruit perfume of lilacs, red cherries and crushed raspberries with a slightly wild, meaty / earthy undercurrent. Medium bodied, it really delivers in the mouth with elegant but intense flavors, crisp acid, medium-firm very fine-grained tannins and a long finish.

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Reviewed by: Neal Martin

This Echezeaux is at an intriguing stage. It has a striking feral nose: damp earth, woodland, broody, sea salt and a touch of fennel and green pepper. The stalkiness is quite noticeable at present. The palate is medium-bodied with a touch of bell pepper on the entry, with tart black cherry, iodine and a touch of tar/cedar towards the finish. Fine, but perhaps lacking a little class at the moment. Drink now-2018. Tasted June 2010.

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Reviewed by: Pierre Rovani

The 2002 Echezeaux displays a demure nose of herbal, pepper-laced blackberries. Less generous at this stage than the Vosne, it has a light to medium-bodied character with white pepper, black fruit, and stone flavors. Its long finish reveals highly present, structure-giving tannin. Drink it between 2007-2014. Importer: Wilson Daniels, St. Helena, CA; tel. (707) 963-9661

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Reviewed by: Neal Martin

Limpid ruby. The nose is much fuller than the Vosne-Romanee with a definite hedgerow nose. Then notes of strawberry and tar begin to evolve. Quite complex for Echezeaux. The palate has good weight with fine balance. Beautiful sweet core of cherry and strawberry, but not DRC's usual silky texture - this has a rustic edge to it. A little tar on the finish. A very impressive Echezeaux. Tasted February 2005.